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dert
ocont
rolhi
sownf
ate.

Thi
sti
me,
hewi
llnotbecont
rol
ledbyot
her
s.

Pr
evi
ousl
ytheLev
el200Swor
dKi
ng,
hewi
llr
iset
oahi
gherpeaki
nthi
sli
fe.

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if
eadvancement
,ent
eri
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othepeak;al
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Chapt
er2741–St
eelMi
nd

Insidethedarkpassageway
,ShiFengwal
kedf
orf
ivemi
nut
esbef
orehef
inal
lyar
ri
vedata
bright
lyli
thal
l.

Thehallwasthesizeofabasket
bal
lcour
tandundecorat
ed.Thefluorescencef
rom t
hewal
ls
bri
ghtl
yil
lumi
natedtheent
ir
ehall
.Whenwalki
ngintothishal
l,ShiFengf el
tasifhehadj
ust
enter
edawhit
espace.

I
sthatt
heMent
alPat
htheywer
etal
kingabout
?

ShiFengwassl
ight
lyst
unnedwhenhesawt
hest
air
casel
eadi
ngdownwar
datt
heot
herendof
thehal
l.

Thereasonf
orhi
ssurpr
isewast
heniggli
ngfeel
ingoff
ami
li
ari
tyt
hisst
air
casegav
ehi
m,y
ethe
coul
dn'tr
ememberwher
ehehadseenitbefor
e.

Thestair
casewasmadeent ir
elyofwhi
te,j
ade-li
kest ones.Itevokedasenseofsanct it
yand
comfortthatr
esembledthewint
ersunandthesummerbr eeze.Mor eov
er,thi
ssensati
ongrew
i
ncreasi
nglyst
ronger
,thecl
oserhegott
othestai
rcase.Heev enhadt heurgetodashtowardi
t.

The momentShiFeng setf

ooton t
he whit
e st
air
case,an i
ndescr
ibabl
e comf
ortspr
ead
thr
oughouthi
sbody
.Foramoment
,hef
eltasi
fhehadbeenrebor
n.

However,i
mmedi at
elyaft
erward,hefel
tasifsomeonehadj ustsmashedahammerstrai
ghti
nto
hi
sbrain.Histhoughtsbecamepar al
yzedmoment ari
ly
,andhef eltasifhi
ssoulwasaboutto
l
eavehisbody.Heev enstagger
edashebr i
efl
ylostcontr
oloverhisbody
.

So,thisi
stheMentalPath?Afterbackingupintothehal
l,ShiFengstaredatthewhitestai
rcase
i
ndi sbel
ief
.Thestr
engthofitsment alassaul
tsisevenmoref r
ight
eningthanLight
forgedCity'
s
Div
ineStatues.NowondertheGreenGodCompanysett heagelimittobelow20!

I
ftheDi
vineWi
llofLi
ght
for
gedCi
ty'
sDi
vineSt
atueswer
eequat
edt
oast
ormt
hatat
tackedone'
s
whol
ebody,t
henthewhitestai
rcase'smentalassaul
twasahammert
hatst
ruckaccur
atel
yand
r
uthl
essl
yatt
hedeepestpartofone'sbrai
n.

Thepenet
rat
ivepoweroft
hewhi
test
air
case'
sment
alassaul
twasf
arabov
ethatoft
heDi
vine
Wil
l.

Dur
ingthetimeShiFengwasmar vel
ingatthestair
case'
sment
alassaul
t,t
heGr
eenGod
Company'
snewcomer
shadent
eredt
hehalloneaf
teranother
.

"
Thatper
soni
sst
il
lher
e,asexpect
ed.
"

"
Ofcour se.Doeshet hi
nkt
heMentalPathissoeasytot r
aver
se?Ifi
twerethateasy,t
here
woul
dn'tonl ybethr
eetofi
vepeopl
egaini
ngident
if
icat
ionintheUpperZoneever
yy ear
,but
t
housandsi nst
ead.
"

"
Iwonderhowf
arIcangett
hist
ime?
"

Whenthenewcomerssaw ShiFengst
andi
ngi
dlybef
oret
heMent
alPat
h,t
heydi
dn'
tfi
ndhi
s
r
eact
ionsur
pri
singatal
l.

Whentheyfir
stsetfootont
hewhitestai
rcase,t
hey
,too,hadbeenshockedbyit
spower.
Moreov
er,t
hestair
case'
sment
alassaul
ttr
ulyhurt.I
thurtsobadl
ythattheycoul
dn'
tev
en
scr
eam.

I
fpossi
ble,
theywoul
dn'
twantt
oexper
iencesuchaf
eel
ingasecondt
ime.

"Howev er,
someoneamongt henewar r
ivalst
histi
memi ghtact
uall
ymakeitthr
ough,
"a19-year-
oldgirlinwhit
eclothessai
d.Looki
ngatt hewhitestair
case,shesighedr
ueful
lyandconti
nued,
"I
ncompar i
son,t
hisismylastchance.IfIdon'tgetthroughthi
stime,Icanonlymingl
einthe
cit
y."

"You'
retal
kingaboutt
hatspecialenr
ollment,ri
ght?"along-hai
redgir
lofsimi
laragesaidasshe
l
ookedata17- year
-ol
dboywi thshorthai
rnear by."Howfrustr
ati
ng!Thecompanyrecrui
tedhim
j
ustaf ew mont hsago,y ethecanal r
eadypar t
ici
pateint heassessment.Thecompany 's
execut
iveshaveahighopinionofhim.Itreall
ymakesy ouwonderifhisheadismadeofst one.
Heactuall
yshowsnor eact
iontothement alassault
s."

"
Whoel se?"t
hewhi
te-shi
rt
edgirlret
ort
ed.Whenshelookedattheski
nny,short
-hai
redboy,
i
ndescri
babl
eenv
yfi
ll
edhereyes."I
fIhadhal
fhi
stal
ent
,Imightbeabl
etopasstheassessment
t
histi
me."

"Peopleli
kehim ar
eboundtobecomei nt
ernalmember softhecompany
.Hislooksar
efinetoo.
"
Licki
ngherlips,
thelong-
hai
redgir
lsai
d,"Iheardhesti
lldoesn'
thav
eagirl
fr
iend.I
fweseizethi
s
opportuni
ty,
wemi ghthaveachancetoentertheUpperZoneaswell.
"

Asthet
wogi r
lswhi
sper
edt
oeachot
her
,theski
nnyboy
—theboyi
nquest
ion-
steppedont
othe
whi
test
air
case.

Thenextmoment ,theboydescendedt
hestai
rcaseonest
epafteranot
heratauniform speed.
From begi
nningtoend,heshowednoresponsetothest
air
case'
smentalassaul
ts.Itwasasi f
thementalassaul
tsdi
dn'
tevenexist
.

Theboy
'scal
m per
for
mancei
mmedi
atel
ytookt
hebr
eat
hsoft
henewcomer
sinsi
det
hehal
l.

"
Noway
!Her
eal
lyi
sn'
treact
ingatal
l!
"

"
Ishi
sbr
ainmadeofmet
al?
"

Whent helankyyouthremai
nedunfazedevenafterdescendingoverahundr
edmeter
s,bot
hthe
newcomersi nthehallandShiFengcouldn'
thelptheirsurpri
se.Wit
hsuchaperf
ormance,hi
s
Concentr
ationstandar
dshoul
dbeatTi er4al
ready.

ShiFengalr
eadyhadacleargraspoft
hewhi
test
air
case'sment
alassaul
ts.I
fthementalassault
hesuffer
edwer esever
alt i
mesweaker,i
twouldr oughl
ymatcht heDivi
neStatues'ment al
assaul
t.

However
,theshort-
hai
redboyactual
lyr
emainedunfazedbysuchament
alassaul
t.Thi
sshowed
t
hatthementalassaul
t'
sint
ensi
tywaswellwit
hint
hel i
mitoft
heboy
'sment
alfort
it
ude.

EvenVi ol
etCl ouddidnotpossesssuchf ri
ghteni
ngment alforti
tude."Hehe.Shocked,r
ight ?
"
Kerui
,whohadj ustarr
ivedint
hehal
l,gi
ggledasshelookedatt heshort-
hair
edyouth'
sdeparting
back."Ialr
eadyt ol
dy outobecaref
ul.Thi
sMent alPat
hisn'tassimpl easyouthinkiti
s.Asf or
thatboyy ousaw,he' sYanWumi ng,apeer l
esstal
enttheGr eenGodCompanywentt ogr eat
l
engthst odiscover.Thecompanyconsidershimthebesttalentoft hepastfewdecades.Ev en
myeldersisterisfarbehindhi
m."

"
YanWumi
ng?
"ShiFengsuddenl
yrecal
ledsomet
hing."
Hei
sthatYanWumi
ng?
"

"That
'sr
ight
.He'sYanWumi ng.What
'st
hemat
ter
?"Ker
uiwasconf
usedasshel
ookedatShi
Feng'
ssurpr
isedexpr
essi
on.

Isee.Sot
hat
'swhyhi
sConcent
rat
ionst
andar
dissohi
gh.ShiFengchuckl
ed.

Ev
ery
onei
nGod'
sDomai
nhadknownYanWumi
ng'
sni
cknamei
nthepast
.

I
nvi
nci
bleSwal
low!

Hewasamast eramongmagi calcl

asses,andhecouldcastSpel
lsaseasi
lyasspeaki
ng.He
wasanov erl
ordofmagi c,andhehadf oughtcount
lessPvPbatt
leswit
houtsuf
feri
ngdefeat
dur
inghi
scar eerinGod'sDomain.Eventheoldmonstersoft
hevari
ousSuperGuil
dscoul
dn't
l
astmorethanthreeexchangesagai
nsthi
m.

WhenInv i
ncibleSwall
ow wasathi speak,onlyTier6God- rankedexperts,whowereonet i
er
abovehim,st oodachanceagainsthim.Only,thenumberofTi er6God-rankedexpertsi
nt he
gameatt hattimecouldsti
llbecount
edont hefingersofonehand.Mor eover,al
lofthem were
i
ncredi
blyelusive,
andfindi
ngevenonewasachal l
engingt
ask,letal
oneduelingone.

Meanwhil
e,af
terI
nvi
nci
bleSwall
ow r
eachedTier6,hesuddenl
ydi
sappear
edwi
thoutat
race.
Nobodyknewther
easonforhi
sdi
sappear
ance,
either
.

Invi
nci
bleSwall
ow'
sdisappear
ancehadcausedagreatcommoti
onbackthen.Rumorhaditthat
eventheGreenGodCompanyhadf r
ant
ical
lysear
chedforhi
m.However
,heremainedmissi
ng.

Thi
sisi
nter
est
ing.

ShiFengnev
ert
houghtt
hathewoul
dact
ual
lymeett
hel
egendar
yInv
inci
bleSwal
lowher
etoday
.

"You'r
enotthi
nki
ngofchal l
engingtheMent alPath,areyou?"Ker uiwasstunnedwhenshesaw
ShiFeng'smoodsuddenl ybright
ening.Shehadast rongsuspi cionthattheMentalPat hhad
driv
enShiFengcrazy."Chal
lenge?"ShiFengshookhi shead."Idon'tpl
anonchal l
engingit.Ij
ust
plantotakeal
ookinsidetheUpperZone. ""
Isther
eadi ff
erence?"Keruiwasal i
tt
lepuzzled.

I
fShiFengdi
dn'
tcr
osst
heMent
alPat
htoday
,heshoul
dn'
tev
ent
hinkofent
eri
ngt
heUpper
Zone.

"
Ofcourse,t
hereis.
"Taki
ngadeepbr
eat
h,ShiFengsai
d,"
ItmeansIdon'
tint
endt
obeart
he
ment
alassaul
tsanymore.
"

"
???
"Ker
uigr
ewev
enmor
econf
used.

Wer
ement
alassaul
tssomet
hingonecoul
dav
oidconf
ront
ingj
ustbecauseonewi
shedi
t?

However,ShiFengdi
dnotmakeanyaddi
ti
onalexpl
anat
ions.Hei
mmedi
atel
yst
eppedont
othe
whi
testair
case.

Prev
iously,hehadusedat r
icktoabsorbtheDivi
neWi
lloftheDivi
neStat
uest
oi mpr
ovehis
Concentr
ation.Thisti
me,healsoplannedtouseasimilartr
ick.Onl
y,t
hewhit
estair
case'
s
mentalassaulthadal
sogi
venhim somenewideas.
Andt
hatwashowt
oenhancehi
sment
alcont
rol
.

Sincethewhit
estai
rcase'
smentalassault
spossessedgreatpenet
rati
vepower,hewoul
dgat
her
allhi
sf ocusi
ntoasinglepoi
ntinst
eadofelevati
nghiscontroloverhiswhol
ebody.Hewould
turnhi
smi ndi
ntost
eelanddefendonlythedeepestpar
tofhisbrai
n.

Thenextmoment ,ShiFengt ookhisfir

ststepont hewhit
estai
rcaseandpaused.However
,
unl
ikebefor
e,hisexpressiondidnotchangeatal
l.Therewasnodi
ssonancei
nhisbody,ei
ther
.
Hesimplystoodtherequietl
y.

Success!ShiFeng'
seyeswi denedindeli
ght
.However
,thisstatealsodepri
vesmeofallcontr
ol
overmybody .I
tseemst hatIsti
llhav
etoret
ainasmallpartofmyf ocustocont
rolmybodyand
concentr
atetherestonshiel
dingmymi ndfr
om t
hesement alassault
s.Aft
erwar
d,ShiFengtook
anotherst
epforward.

Cl
ang!

Afai
ntj
angleechoedinShiFeng'
smi nd.However
,notonl
ydidthehammer-l
ikement
alassaul
t
f
ailt
oshakethedept
hsofhismind,buthisbodydi
dn'
teventwi
tchint
hesl
ightest
.

I
twor
ks,
butadapt
ingt
othi
sst
atei
sn'
tgoi
ngt
obeeasy
.

ShiFengcoul
dn'
thel
psmi
li
ngbi
tt
erl
yatt
heheav
inessofhi
sbody
.

Thi
swashi sfi
rstti
meusingonl
yasmallamountofmentalpowert
ocont r
olhisbody.Ri
ghtnow,
hefeltasifhewashov er
ingbet
weenconsci
ousnessandunconsciousness.Hisbodyalsofel
t
i
ncredibl
yponderous.

Howev
er,
aft
ert
aki
ngsev
eralst
eps,
ShiFengbegant
ohav
eabet
tergr
aspoft
hisst
ate.

Meanwhil
e,f
rom anout
sider
'sperspecti
ve,ShiFenglookedasifhewasdescendi nganordinary
st
air
case.Heshowednoreacti
onwhat soevert
ot hewhit
estair
case'smentalassaults.Mor
eov er
,
hi
sspeedofdescentwasev eni ncr
easingast imepassed.Inl essthanami nute,ShiFeng
over
tookYanWuming.Thedistancebetweenthet woevenkeptgrowingaft
erward.

Howi
sthi
spossi
ble?
!

Kerui'
sey esnearl
yfel
loutoft
hei
rsocketswhenshesawShiFengpr
acti
cal
lyf
lyi
ngdownt
he
st
aircase.Isheimmunetothement
alassaul
ts,
simi
lart
ohowYanWumingis?

Asfortheothernewcomersinthehal
l,t
heywer
eev
enmor
edumbf
oundedbyt
hissi
tuat
ion.
Noneofthem dar
edbeli
evet
heirey
es.

I
nt heend,ShiFengspentl
essthan15minut
estrav
ersi
ngtheMentalPat
h.Whenher
eachedt
he
goal,mel
odiousbell
srangandechoedt
hroughoutt
heUpperZone.

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UpperZone,
out
sidet
heMent
alPat
h:

Uponhearingt
hepealofmel
odi
ousbel
ls,
bot
hLuoHanbi
ngandMuxi
nrev
eal
edsur
pri
sedl
ooks
onthei
rfaces.

It
'sbeen lesst
han 20 mi
nutessincetheywenti
nsi
de,yetsomeone'
sal
readypassed t
he
assessment?Muxi
n'
ssurpr
iseatt
hesoundoft
hebel
lwasinev
itabl
e.

TheMent alPat
hwasani ncredibl
yimport
antaspectoft
heUpperZone.Wheneversomeone
successf
ull
ypassedtheacti
vatedMentalPat
h,bell
swouldberungtonot
if
yev er
yoneinthe
UpperZoneoftheachi
evement.

TheMent
alPat
h'sbel
ls'
pealpr
ovedt
hatsomeonehadcl
ear
edi
tal
ready
.Howev
er,
thespeedat
whi
cht
heycl
ear
edi
twassi
mpl
yunbel
iev
abl
e.

Usual ly
,itwouldt akeaper sonov er30mi nutestotraverset
heMent alPat h.Afterall,the
staircase'
slengt
hwasn' texactlyshort.Evenaper sonwalkingatanor malpacewoul dt ake30
mi nutestodescendit.Nottoment i
on, everystepapersontookontheMent alPathwoul dtri
gger
ani ntensementalassault
.Good!Good!Acl eartimeoflessthan20minutes!Itseemst hehigher
-upswer eri
ghtaboutthatkid!Her eall
yi samonst er
!LuoHanbinggrinnedinsat i
sfacti
on.The
priceIpai dt
obecomet hegui deforthi
sassessmentwast rul
yworthi
t!

Astheinvigi
latorfortheassessment,
themor eexcell
entthenewcomer st
hatappear
edunderhis
watch,thehigherhisev al
uati
onwiththehigher-
ups.Mor eov
er,asthegui
defortheassessment
quali
fi
ers,hewoul dhaveamucheasi erti
mer ecrui
ti
ngthequalif
iednewcomers.I
fhecouldrope
apeerlessgeni usli
keYanWumi ngtohisside,hisstatusinYuantianCi
ty'
sUpperZonewoul d
al
sor i
se.

Meanwhi
le,
Muxi
n,whosi
mil
arl
yreal
izedt
hismat
ter
,rev
eal
edanugl
yexpr
essi
ononherf
ace.

I
fLuoHanbingenl
ist
edament almonst
erlikeYanWumi
ngt
ohi
ssi
de,hi
sst
atusi
ntheUpper
Zonewoul
dmostli
kelysur
passHongXinyuan'
s.

Af
teraf
ewmor
emi
nut
eswentby
,theMent
alPat
h'sbel
lsr
angoncemor
e.

Anot
herper
sonpassed?Muxi
nwasst
unnedwhenshehear
dthebel
ls.Si
mul
taneousl
y,her
compl
exi
ondar
kenedevenf
urt
her
.

Thebell
sofYuanti
anCit
y'
sUpperZonerangonl
yahandfuloft
imeseachyear
.Yet
,thebel
lshad
rungt
wicetoday
.Thiswasasi
tuat
ionthatdi
dn'
toccurev
enonceinadecade.

Yet
,LuoHanbi
nghadact
ual
lychancedupont
hisday
.

"Hahaha!Amazi ng!Thenewcomer sthi

sti
mearet r
ulyamazing!"LuoHanbingbursti
ntol
aught
er.
Het henglancedatMuxi nandsaid,"
Muxin,y
ou'r
eoneoft hefamousgeniusesinYuanti
anCit
y'
s
UpperZone.Youwon' thaveafut ur
eifyoukeepf oll
owingOldHong.How abouty oujoinme?
Youmi ghtevenr ai
sey ourment
alstrengt
hbyar ankinthenextoneort woy ear
sifyoujoi
nme.
Atthatti
me, yourauthori
tyi
ntheUpperZonewillalsobeelevatedtoGrade1."

"
Thankyoufory ourof
fer
,Super
visorLuo,butI
'
m doi
ngverywel
lfol
lowingUncl
eHong.Ibel
ieve
i
twon'tbelongbef oreIrai
semyaut hor
it
ytoGrade1."Muxi
nr eject
edLuoHanbing'
sof f
er
wi
thouthesi
tat
ion.

LuoHanbi
ngwasnotatallsur
prisedbyMuxin'
sr efusal
.Hesai
dnonchal
ant
ly,"
Oncebehi
nd,
al
waysbehi
nd.Ihopey
oudon'
tregrety
ourdeci
siontoday.
"

Whatt heUpperZonepr i
ori
ti
zedthemostwasaper son'
sment alst
rengt
h.Inf act
,ment al
str
engthdeter
minedaperson'
sstatusint
heUpperZone.Thest r
ongerone'
sment alstr
ength,
thegreat
ertheauthor
it
yonewouldenjoyi
ntheUpperZone;hencethemoretheresourcesone
couldobt
ain.

However
,devel
opi
ngone'
sment
alst
atewasi
ncr
edi
blydi
ff
icul
t.Mor
eov
er,
theol
deronebecame,
t
heslowerone'
sgr
owthwoul
dbe.

TakeMuxi n,forexample.ShehadclearedtheMent alPathattheageof15.Backthen,shewas

j
udgedtopossessadv ancedmentalstrengt
h.Howev er,
asshewasn' tani
nter
nalmemberofthe
GreenGodCompany ,shewasonlygr antedGrade2aut hori
ty,whichwasonelevell
owerthan
thatofi
nternalmember switht
hesamement alst
rengthstandard.

Backthen,theot
herindiv
idual
sunaf
fi
li
atedwi
ththeGr
eenGodCompanywhohadpassedt
he
MentalPathhadbeengrantedonl
yGr
ade3author
ity
.

Unfort
unatel
y,ev
enaf t
ersomanyyears,
Muxin'
smentalst
rengt
hhadnoti
mpr
ovedbymuch.As
aresult
,sheremainedatGr
ade2authori
tyev
entoday
.

However
,ifMuxincoul
dimproveher
selfandreachGr
ade1aut
hor
it
y,herst
atusi
ntheUpper
Zonewouldunder
goaqual
it
ati
vetr
ansformat
ion.
Fewert
han200peopleheldGrade1author
it
yi nYuant
ianCi
ty'
sUpperZone.EvenLuoHanbi
ng,
asuper
visori
ntheUpperZone,onl
yhel
dAdv ancedRankaut
hori
ty,
onerankhighert
hanGr
ade1
aut
hori
ty.

Af
tert
hatexchange,
LuoHanbi
ngst
oppedspeaki
ngt
oMuxi
n.

In Luo Hanbi
ng's opi
nion,Muxin was basi
cally deadwood.Wi t
h Hong Xinyuan'
s meager
resour
ces,l
etalonerai
singMuxin'
smentalstrengthstandard,ev
enhelpi
ngKer ui
,Muxin'
sli
tt
le
sist
er,
totheGrade2standardwouldbechall
enging.Foll
owingwhich,t
imepassedquickl
y.

Whyhaven'
ttheyr
etur
nedy
et?Di
dsomet
hinghappent
oKer
ui?Muxi
nlookedatt
het
ime
ner
vousl
y.

WhileKer
uiwasn'ti
mmunet otheMent
alPath'seffect
s,wi
thherpastexper
iences,
sheshoul
dn't
haveanypr obl
em deali
ngwi t
hthementalassaultsanymore.Thepaininfl
ict
edbythement al
assaul
tsshouldbewellwit
hinherr
angeoftolerance.

"I
t'
sbeenal mostanhournow,y ett heystillhav
en' tcomeout .Theymust '
vemetwi than
accident
,"LuoHanbi ngsaidasheglancedathi swat ch.Sneeri
ng,heconti
nued,"
Iwarnedhim
thathe'dgethospitali
zedifhewasn'tcaref
ul.Youngst er
snowaday sreal
lydon'
tknow how t
o
l
istentoadvice.I
t'
sapi ty
,butt
hey
'l
lhav et
ost ayinthereforafewhours."

Di
dsomet
hingr
eal
lyhappen?Muxi
n'
scompl
exi
ont
urnedpal
li
d.

TheMentalPath'
sacti
vat
ionanddeact
ivat
ionpr
ocesseswerever
ytedi
ous.Ev
ensomeonewi
th
speci
alpr
ivi
legeswoul
dneedtwoorthr
eehourstopoweritdown.

IfShiFengandKer uicol
lapsedandr emainedintheMent alPat
hf orsuchalongper
iod,t
hey
wouldbef or
tunatetogetawaywi thj ustonemonthofhospi t
ali
zati
on.Ift
hei
rcondi
tionwas
seri
ous,t
heymi ghtendupwiththei
rfutureprogr
esscutshort
.

Justwhenawav eofpani
coverwhel
medMuxi n,t
hequantum wat
chonherwr
istsuddenl
yrang,
noti
fyi
ngherofacal
l.Meanwhi
le,
thecal
lerwasnoneothert
hanKerui
.

"Kerui
,what'sthesituati
onony oursi
de?"Muxincouldn'
thel pgett
ingangrywhenshesaw
Kerui'
sfaceont hescreen."
Whyhaven'
tyoucomeouty et?
"" Si
s!That
'snoti
mport
antany
more!
Amaj oreventhappenedont heMent
alPat
h!"Ker
uisai
dexcitedl
y.

"Amajorev
ent?Whati si t
?Ar eyoutalki
ngaboutt hetwothatpassedtheMentalPat
h?"Muxi
n
coul
dn'
thel
pf eel
ingfrustr
atedatKer ui
'swords.Shecouldn'
tbeli
eveherli
tt
lesist
erwasi
nthe
moodtocareaboutincidentalmatt
ersinthi
ssituat
ion.

"Yes,ShiFengact uall
ypassedt heMentalPath!
"Ker
uisaid,hereyesfi
ll
edwi t
hexci
tement.
"Every
onei nthehallgotashock!Aft
erwar
d,Ihadtohurr
ythroughtogett
ot hecommunicat
ion
area.I'
m deadti
redaftert
hattr
ip.
"

"ShiFeng…passedt
heMent
alPat
h?"Muxi
nsuddenl
yfel
tthatherbr
ainwassomewhatl
acki
ngi
n
processi
ngpower.

ShiFengwasundoubt
edl
yover20.Meanwhi
le,i
nthehi
stor
yofYuant
ianCit
y'sUpperZone,no
onepastt
heageof20andundert
heageof25hadevermanagedt
oconquertheMentalPat
h.

"Mhm.Iknewy ouwouldn'
tbel
ieveme.Here,t
akeal ookf
ory oursel
f.He'
sher
ewi t
hme, "Kerui
saidassheadjust
edthecamer aanglet
ocaptureShiFeng,aswel lasYanWumi ng,whowas
glar
ingatShiFengwit
hey esbrimmingwit
hfighti
ngspir
it
."By e-
bye!We'r
egoingtoenterthe
UpperZonenow."

Aft
erKer
uif
ini
shedspeaki
ng,shepr
ompt
lydi
sconnect
edt
hecal
l,l
eav
ingherel
dersi
steri
na
daze.

I
mpossibl
e!LuoHanbingwasdumbf
oundedwhenheov er
heardMuxi
nandKerui
'
sconv
ersat
ion.
Thatki
disal
readyov
er20!Howcanhepossi
blygett
hroughtheMent
alPat
h?!
NosoonerhadLuoHanbi
ngt
houghtt
hist
hananot
icepoppeduponhi
squant
um wat
ch.

Thenextmoment,hisquant
um wat
chpr
oject
edahol
ogr
aphi
ctabl
econt
aini
ngt
hedat
aoft
he
Ment
alPath'
squal
if
ierst
histi
me.

1st–ShiFeng

Cl
eart
ime:13mi
nut
es41seconds

Age:Under25y
ear
sol
d

Af
fi
li
ati
on:Non-
member

Ment
alSt
rengt
hAppr
aisal
:Speci
alGr
ade

UpperZoneAut
hor
it
y:Gr
ade1

2nd–YanWumi
ng

Cl
eart
ime:18mi
nut
es33seconds

Age:Under20y
ear
sol
d

Af
fi
li
ati
on:I
nter
nalMember

Ment
alSt
rengt
hAppr
aisal
:Adv
ancedGr
ade

UpperZoneAut
hor
it
y:Gr
ade1

Speci
alGr
ade?
!

Muxi
nwasdumbf
oundedwhenshesawt
het
abul
ateddat
a.

Al
thoughShiFeng'
sperf
ormancei
nGod'sDomai
nwasi
ndeedast
oni
shi
ng,shenev
eri
magi
ned
hi
smentalst
rengthwoul
dbeequal
lyast
oni
shi
ng

Speci
alGr
ade!

Thiswasament alst
rengt
hshewasstr
ivi
ngt
oattain.Howev
er,nomatterhowmucheff
ortshe
putin,sheremainedfarfr
om r
eachi
ngthi
sst
andard.Atsomepoint
,shehadevenbegunlosi
ng
hopeoff ur
therprogr
ess.

Dammit
!Howcouldthi
sbe?LuoHanbing'
sfaceturnedashenwhenhesawtheresul
ts.Hehad
i
nadv
ert
ent
lyof
fendedamonster
.Moreover
,ShiFengevi
dentl
yhaddeept
ieswi
thHongXi ny
uan.

Meanwhil
e,insi
detheMentalPath'
sinner
mostsect
ion,ShiFengandt
heot
her
swer
eri
dinga
pl
atf
orm descendi
ngdeepi
ntotheground.

Thegr
avi
tyher
eisget
ti
ngst
ronger
?

ShiFengdi scoveredthatashegotdeeperi
ntothet unnel
,thegravi
tyhisbodyexperi
enced
i
ntensifi
ed.Inlessthantenmi
nut
esri
dingthepl
atfor
m,t hegrav
ityheexperi
encedhadal
ready
doubled.

Af
tert
hemov
ingpl
atf
orm exi
tedt
het
unnel
,ShiFengwasi
mmedi
atel
ydumbf
ounded.

Howev
er,hi
ssurpr
isewasn'
tjustbecauset
hegr
avi
tyher
ewast
hreet
imesst
rongert
hant
hatof
t
heoutsi
deworl
d.

Inst
ead,i
twasbecauset herewasactuall
yal ev
itat
ing mountai
n bey
ond thetunnel
.This
mountai
n'sr
adi
usexceededtenki
lomet
ers,andt
herewereseverall
evi
tat
ingescal
ator
sleadi
ng
uptothi
smountai
n.

Manyt
allbui
ldi
ngsst
oodont
hisl
evi
tat
ingmount
ain.Cl
oudsandmi
stshr
oudedi
tspeak,
preventi
nganyonefr
om cat
chi
ngacl
eargl
impseofi
t.Ov
eral
l,t
hemount
ainl
ookedl
ikea
paradiseonEar
th.

"Well
?Stunned,r
ight?!
"Theshockedexpressi
ononShiFeng'sfacedeli
ght
edKer ui
."Anyone
vi
sit
ingtheUpperZonef orthefi
rstti
mewoul dneverthi
nkthattheUpperZonewoul dbe
undergr
ound,muchlessther
ebeingsuchanuni
maginabl
yhugespacedeepunder
ground."

"I
ndeed,iti
sincredibl
e,"ShiFengadmi t
ted.Hehadneverheardoforseensuchauniquespace
befor
e.Itwasnowondert hosewhoknewoft heUpperZone'sspecif
icswoul
dbesodesperate
toli
vehere.Justbreathingtheairher
egav ehi
m aref
reshi
ngfeel
ing.I
fhecoul
dresi
deherelong
-t
erm,achievi
nglongev i
tyindeedwouldn'
tbeadream.

WhenKeruisawthatthemovi
ngpl
atf
orm hadstoppedatt
hef
ootoft
hemount
ain,
shepr
ompt
ly
openedt
heplat
form'sgat
eandst
eppedofftheplat
for
m.

Howev er
,whenshesaw thatShiFengremainedstandi
ngi
dlyontheplat
form,sheurgedhim
exci
tedly
,"Qui
ck!Youhav
eGr ade1author
it
ynow!Let '
sgot
ot her
egist
rat
ionoff
iceandtakea
l
ook!Theremightbesomegoodrewardswait
ingforyou!
"

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2743–Ast
oni
shi
ngUpperZone

ShiFengwascuri
ousabouttheUpperZone.Hence,hedi
dnothesi
tat
etorespondtoKerui
'
s
urgi
ng.Howev
er,
justashewasaboutt
ostepofft
heplat
for
m,avoi
cecamefr
om behindhi
m.

"
Wai
tami
nut
e!"

Theowneroft
hisv
oicewasnoneot
hert
hant
heshor
t-hai
redy
out
h,YanWumi
ng.

"
Whatdoy
ouwant
?"ShiFengasked,
puzzl
ed.

ShiFengwasrelat
ivel
ycur
iousaboutYanWuming'
sexi
stence,aswel
l.I
nt hepast,YanWumi ng
hadbeenahighandmi ght
yexist
enceinGod'
sDomain,
likeagodofwart hatoverl
ookedalll
ife.
Yet,now,hewasonl yayoungboy-aboywhoseeyesblazedwithi
ntensefighti
ngspir
itashe
l
ookedatShiFeng.

"
What
'sy
ourname?
"YanWumi
ngasked.

"
ShiFeng,
"ShiFengr
espondedcur
tl
y.

"ShiFeng?I'
llr
ememberthat!
"YanWumi ngsi
lent
lyrepeatedShiFeng'
snamei nhismindseveral
ti
mes.Het henlookedatShiFengandsai dearnestly
," Al
thoughIlosttoyoui nthement al
str
engthcompet i
ti
ontoday,Iwi
llqui
ckl
yreachtheSpeci alGradest
andard.Iwi
llchal
lengeyou
againatthatti
me!"

"Chal
lengeme?"ShiFengchuckl
ed.Het
henshookhi
sheadandsai
d,"
I'
m af
rai
dIdon'
thav
ethat
kindofti
me.I
'm abusyperson.
"

ShiFengdi
dnotli
etotheboy.Hehadtonotonl
yresolv
eGentl
eSnowandAquaRose'
spr
obl
em
butal
soatt
endtoplent
yofGuil
daff
air
saswellasquestsawai
ti
ngcompl
eti
on.

Pr
evi
ousl
y,hehadstil
llackedstr
ength.Howev
er,now t
hathehadr
eachedTi
er4,t
her
ewer
e
manypr
oblemshecouldbegint
ackli
ng.

Hence,
hedi
dnothav
eti
mef
orYanWumi
ng'
schal
lenge.

"Thisisn'
tuptoy ou!"YanWumi ngi
gnoredShiFeng'st
houghts.Inasonor ousandf orcefult
one,
hesaid,"Oneofmygoal si
st obenumberonei nYuant
ianCity'
sUpperZone,andy ou'remyf ir
st
obstacle.Onl
yafterdefeat
ingyoucanIgetclosertomygoal!
""Itseemsy oulikechall
enges."Shi
Fengwasn' tpart
icularl
ysurpri
sedatYanWumi ng'
sdecl
arati
on.Af tergivi
ngt hemat tersome
thought,hesaid,
" Howaboutthis?I
'
llgi
veyouonechancet ochallengeme.Sol ongasy oumeet
mycondi ti
on,youcanchallengemeatanytime.Whatdoy outhink?"
"
Sayi
t,
"YanWumi
ngsai
dconf
ident
ly.

"
Doy
oupl
ayGod'
sDomai
n?"ShiFengasked.

"
I'
vebeenplay
ingi
tforsometi
menow."Looki
ngatShiFengst
rangel
y,YanWumi
ngasked,"
Are
y
outell
ingmetodefeaty
ouinGod'
sDomain?"

Ker
ui,
whost
oodnear
by,
hear
dYanWumi
ng'
swor
dsandcoul
dn'
thel
psni
cker
ing.

"
Youmustbeconfi
dentinyour
self
,huh?Doyouev
enknowwhohei
s?Youwantt
odef
eathi
min
God'
sDomai
n?"Keruiscof
fedatYanWuming.

"
Nomat
terwhohei
s,Iwi
llwi
n!"

YanWumi ngdidnotwav
eri
nthesli
ght
est.Al
thoughhest
art
edhavi
ngsomedoubt
saboutShi
Feng'
sident
it
y,t
hesewer
eal
ltr
ivi
almat
ter
s.Whatwasmostimpor
tantt
ohi
m wasdefeat
ingShi
Feng.

"No,
y oumisunder
stand.
"ShiFengchuckl
ed."
I'
m notr
equi
ri
ngy
out
odef
eatmei
nGod'
sDomai
n.
Youjustneedtobeatafri
endofmine."

"Sur
e."YanWumi ngnodded." Tellmet heirname.OnceIr eachTier3,I
'l
lbeatthatf
riendofy ours
i
nnot i
me.Then,I '
llcomet ochal l
engey ou!""Hernamei nGod'sDomai nisViol
etCl oud."Shi
Fenginwar dl
ybreathedoutasi ghofr el
iefwhenhehear dYanWumi ngagr eetohissuggest i
on.
"Youcanheadt oSilv
erwingCi t
yt olookf orher .Sol ongasy oudefeather,I'
llaccepty our
chal
lenge."Sinceat al
entlikeYanWumi nghadcomeknocki ngonhisdoor ,ShiFengnat ural
ly
wouldn'
tletthisopportuni
tysl i
pby .Ifhecoul dropeI nv
incibl
eSwal l
owi nt
oZer oWi ng,i
twoul d
beakintoaddi ngwingstoat iger.Theov eral
lstrengthoft heGuil
d'st
opcombat antswoul dsoar.

"No pr
oblem!I'
llseek heroutafter
war
d!"Yan Wumi
ng r
esponded wi
thouthesi
tat
ion,hi
s
expr
essionst
il
lasconf
identasbef
ore.

However
,af
terhear
ingShiFeng'
ssuggest
ion,
Ker
uil
ookedatYanWumi
ngwi
thsl
ight
lydi
ff
erent
eyes.

Now,therewasahintofpit
yinhergaze.Ihopeyoudon'
tdespai
rtoomuchwheny
oumeetwi
th
Vi
oletCloud,
Ker
uisil
entl
yprayedf
orYanWumi ng.

Ker
uihadwitnessedVi
oletCl
oudinact
ion.Eventheoldmonst
ersofSuperGuildscoul
dn'
t
out
matchher
.Infact
,ev
enMy t
hol
ogy'
sDi
vineSpearDemononl
ymanagedt
ofighthert
oadraw.

Att
hist
ime,
ther
ewer
emostl
ikel
yonl
yahandf
ulofpeopl
ecapabl
eofdef
eat
ingVi
oletCl
oud.

"
Let
'sgo.
"

ShiFengcouldn'
thel
pshakinghisheadandchuckli
ngwhenhenot
icedKer
uisecr
etl
ypr
ayi
ngf
or
YanWumi ng.Hethenwalkedtowardthedi
stantst
reet
.

WhenShiFengsaidhewouldgethi
mselfregi
sterednow,Kerui'
sf aceimmedi
atel
yshonewit
h
exci
tement
.Shethendr
aggedShiFengtowardt hetall
estbuil
ding,sit
uat
edatthefootoft
he
mountai
n.YanWumingr
emainedbythepl
atfor
m, wait
ingforsomeonet ogui
dehim.

AsShiFengwalkedalongthest
reet
sonthelev
itati
ngmount
ain,
hecoul
dfeelhi
smi
ndandbody
bei
ngenri
ched.Healsostart
edadapti
ngt
othetripl
edgr
avi
tyhere.

"
So,
thi
sist
her
ealUpperZone?
"

ShiFengcoul
dn'
thel
phi
sshock.

Ordi
narypeopl
ewouldhav edif
fi
cul
tyevenmov i
ngthei
rbodiesundert
ri
pledgravit
y.ShiFeng
coul
dshrugofftheeff
ect
softhehighergr
avi
tyduetohisast
onishi
ngphysi
calf
itness.Ev
enso,
hesti
llf
eltv
eryuncomfor
tabl
einsuchanenvi
ronment.

Howev
er,af
terst
eppi
ngont
othemount
ain,t
hedi
scomf
ortdi
sappear
ed.I
twasasi
fther
ewasa
speci
alenergysour
ceconst
antl
yenr
ichinghi
sweakenedbody
.Meanwhil
e,thi
ssteadycy
cleof
exhaust
ionandrepl
eni
shmental
soservedtost
rengt
henhi
sphysi
quecont
inual
ly
.

Hisarduousphy
sicalt
rai
ningr
egi
meni
ntheout
sidewor
ldwasbasi
cal
lyaj
okei
ntheUpper
Zone.

Ifal
lUpperZoner esi
dentsexperi
encedsuchstr
engtheni
ngeff
ect
s,solongast
heydi
dnot
suff
eranyi
njur
ies,
theyshoul
dn'thaveanypr
obl
emsliv
ingupto120year
sold.

"Doyounowunder standhowdif
ferenttheUpperZoneisfr
om thewor
ldyouknow?"Ker
uiasked,
smil
ing."Every
onel iv
ingher
ei sgr owingphysical
lyst
rongerbythemoment .Evenwithout
i
ntensivetr
aini
ng,thephysi
calfi
tnessofpeopl eliv
ingherecanqui
ckl
yrivalt
hatofHenglian
masters.

"Accordi
ngtot her umorsfloatingabouti nt heout si
dewor l
d,theli
fespanofpeopl elivi
nginthe
UpperZonehasr eached150y ears.Inrealit
y,thatisonlytheli
fespanoft hosel
ivi
ngi ntheUpper
Zone'sbasel ayer.Youmust '
venot icedt hemount ai
nsideandsummi t,aswell.Thosear ethe
middleandt oplayers.Thepeopl er esidi
ngt herepossesst rul
yastonishingphysicalfi
tnessand
l
ifespans.Theav erageli
fespani nt hemi ddl elayeris180y ears,whil
ei nthetopl ay
er,it'
s200
years.Thi
sisalreadybey ondhumanl i
mits.

"
Inanci
enttimes,200year
swasalr
eadyenoughforachangeindynast
ies.Ontheotherhand,
t
hoseli
vingatt
het opwoul
donl
ybeenter
ingt
hei
rpri
meafterr
eachi
ng120y ear
sold.
"

Speaki
ngupt
othi
spoi
nt,
Ker
uigazedatt
hemount
aint
op,
ful
lofy
ear
ning.

"
TheUpperZone'
shousesar
est
rat
if
ied?
"ShiFengaskedst
rangel
y.

"Ofcourse.Thereisonl
ysomuchspaceont hismountai
n.Ev enwi t
ht heBoulderCor
porat
ion'
s
wealt
handst atus,
wecanonlyliv
einthebaselayer
.Themi ddlelayerisn'
taplaceonecanli
v ei
n
j
ustbyhav ingwealt
handstatus,
"Ker
uigrumbledinfr
ustr
ation."Ifyouwanttol i
veinthemiddl
e
l
ayer,yourauthori
tyintheUpperZonemustr eachacer t
ainl evel
.Forexampl e,youcurr
entl
y
alr
eadyhav eGrade1author
it
y.

"
Grade1authori
tyisthehi
ghestauthor
ityav
ail
ableinthebaselay
er.Ify
oumanaget
oel
evat
e
y
ouraut
hori
tylevelt
oAdvancedGrade,youcanli
veinthemiddl
elayer
."

"
Whatdoy
oumeanbyt
heseaut
hor
it
ylev
els?
"ShiFengaskedi
nconf
usi
on.

Heroughl
yunderstoodthepur
poseoft
heUpperZone'
saut
hor
it
ylev
els.Howev
er,hest
il
ldi
dn'
t
knowtheexactdet
ails.

"Ri
ght,Ihaven'
ttol
dy outhedet
ail
syet
."Aft
erasli
ghtpause,
Keruiconti
nued,"Moneyandstatus
aretheleastimport
antthingsi
ntheUpperZone.What'
smostimportantisyourmentalst
rength
andauthorit
ylevel
.

"Authori
tyinthebaselayerisdividedintothreelev
els.Thehigheryourauthori
ty,t
hebetterthe
i
temsy oucanbuyandexchangef rom t
heGr eenGodCompany .YoucanthinkoftheUpperZone
astheGr eenGodCompany '
stradingmar ket.Grade3authori
tyisthelowest,andtheit
emsy ou
canpur chaseatthi
sauthori
tyl
ev elarealsoofthemosti nf
eri
orqualit
y.Howev er
,iti
ssti
llmany
ti
mesbet t
erthanwhatpeoplewit houtauthori
tycanget.Atthev er
yleast,youhavetherightto
purchasebasichousinginthebasel ayer
.Youwon' tneedtopayast ronomicalpri
cestor enta
house.

"Af
terreachingGrade2aut horit
y,y oucanpur chasei temsthatnormallyarenotav ail
abl
eint he
outsi
dewor l
d;forexampl e,theLifePotiont hatonl yappearsduringtheGr eenGodCompany '
s
aucti
ons.AtGr ade2aut horit
y,y oucanal sopur chasev i
ll
asi nthebasel ayerandhavean
i
ndependentpr i
vatespace."AtGr ade1aut horit
y,thingsstarttogetamazing.Notonl ywil
lthere
bemor eitemsav ail
ableforpurchase,buty oucanal sopart
icipat
eintheGr eenGodCompany '
s
contr
ibuti
oncompet iti
on,whichtakespl aceev er
yt hreemont hs.Solongasy ourankwithi
nt he
competit
ion'
stopt hree,y
ou'l
lreceivepermissiontol i
v ei
nthemi ddlel
ayerfort hr
eemonths.

"You'
veal
readyseent
hebenefit
sav
ail
ablei
nt hebaselayer
.Well
,themi
ddl
elayer
'sbenefi
tsare
evenmoreexaggerat
ed.Anyonewhovisi
tsthemi ddl
elayeroncewoul
dn'
twishtoleave.Just
l
ikey ourcurr
entself
,aftertasti
ngt hebaselayer'
sbenefi
ts,youwouldn'twanttoli
veinthe
outsi
dewor ldanymore.Mor eover,youcanpur chaseitemsbey ondy ourimagi
nat
ioninthe
middlelayer
.Accordi
ngt orumor s,t
heGr eenGodCompany 'sLif
eWat ercanbeboughtther
e.
"Li
feWat eri
smuchst r
ongert hanLif
ePot i
on.Supposedl
y,i
tcanper f
ect
lyrepai
ranydamageto
thebodyandev eni
ncreaseaper son'
slif
espan.
"

Att
hispoi
nt,
Ker
uishookherheadandsi
ghedhel
plessl
y.

Forpeopleli
vingintheUpperZone'sbasel ayer,thei ryearningforthemiddlelayerwasaki nto
theyearni
ngout si
der
shadf ortheUpperZone.Howev er
,letaloneascendi
ngt othemiddlelayer,
j
ustgainingGr ade1authorit
ywasal readyachal lengef ormostpeopl e.Lif
eWat er?ShiFeng
couldn'
thel
pbei ngshocked.Henevert houghtt hatt herewoul dbesomet hingevenmor epotent
thanLif
ePotion.Mor eover
,itwassomet hingt hatcoul dperfectl
yhealallinj
uri
es.Ifthat
'strue,
heali
ngGentl
eSnow' sandAquaRose' sment ali
njuriesshoul dn'tbeaproblem.

"
HowdoIpar
ti
cipat
eint
hiscont
ri
but
ioncompet
it
ion?
"ShiFengaskedKer
ui.

Ini
ti
all
y,heonl
yguessedthattheUpperZonewoul
dhaveawayt ohealGent
leSnowandAqua
Rose.Hehadn'tbeenconfi
dentbef
ore.Now t
hatheknew t
her
ewasawayt odoso,whathe
neededtodonextwassimple.

"Youwantt
otakeparti
nit?"Ker
uiwasstunnedbyShiFeng'
squest
ion."
Doy
ouknowwhatki
nd
ofpeopl
epart
ici
pat
einthatcompet
it
ion?
"

"
What
?"ShiFengaskedcur
iousl
y.

"Almostev er
yoneoft hem istheheirofamaj orcorporat
ion.Moreover
,theyarethebestamong
theirgenerat
ion,"Keruisaidslowly."Youcan'
tev enbegintoimaginetheresourcestheyhaveat
theircommand.Cur rent
ly,youdon'tev enhavetheonemi ll
iont
radepointsrequir
edtopurchase
anor dinar
yhousei nthebasel ayer,letal
oneobt ai
ningtheGreenGodCompany '
scontr
ibuti
on
points."AtGrade1aut hor i
ty,youcanexchangeupt o1,000tradepointsperdayf or10,000
Creditsperpoi nt.Youcanal sofi
ndwor kintheUpperZoneorcompl et
et askstoearntrade
pointsandmi nimalcont r
ibuti
onpoints.

"Doyouknowhowdiffi
cultiti
stoearntheGr eenGodCompany '
scontri
buti
onpoint
s?That'
snot
somethi
ngthatcanbeboughtwi thmoney .Youhav etotr
aderareresour
cesorhelptheGreen
GodCompanydiscoverexcepti
onalt
alent
st oobtai
nthesepoi
nts.I
t'
simpossibl
eforyou.
"

ShiFeng had a headache when he hear

d Ker
ui'
sexpl
anat
ion.He nev
ert
houghtt
hatt
he
competi
ti
on'
sdif
ficul
tywouldbesohigh.

Fort hecur r
entZer oWi ng,secur i
ngr arer esour cesint her ealwor ldwassi mplyadr eam.Asf or
helpingt heGr eenGodCompanydi scov ert al
ent s,thatwasmostl i
kelyev enmor edi ff
icul
tthan
secur ingr areresour ces."Wai t
,no.I t'
snotabsol utelyimpossi bl
e,"Ker uisaidaf t
ersomet hing
occur r
edt oher."Recent ly
,t heGr eenGodCompanysuddenl ybeganpur chasingGod' sDomai n's
Sev enLumi nari
esCr yst
alsi nbulk.Mor eov er,they '
reofferingl ucr
ativeexchanger ates.Oneuni t
ofSev enLumi nariesCr ystalcanbeexchangedf or1,000t radepoi ntsandt encontributi
onpoints.
Howev er,forthecur rentZer oWi ng, r
anki ngi nt hecompet i
t i
oni sstil
lapi pedr eam."Thecur r
ent
compet i
tion hasbeen goi ng on f ornear lyamont h already ;thel ast-pl
acepar t
ici
panthas
accumul at ed 16,000 cont r
ibuti
on poi nt s,whi let he f i
rst-place partici
panthas accumul ated
110, 000 poi nt
s.Ev en ify ou sol d Zer o Wi ng now,y ou st i
llwoul dn'thav e enough Sev en
Lumi nariesCr yst
al storankwi t
hint hetopt hree."

Nowondersomanycorporat
ionssuddenl
ydeci
dedtoent
erGod'sDomain.So,
theydiditfort
he
SevenLuminar
iesCr
yst
als?ShiFengsuddenlyhadanepiphanyandinwardl
ycelebratedthi
s
di
scover
y.

Forthevari
ousmajorcor
porati
ons,moneywasn'tapr obl
em.Howev
er,moneywasn'tenoughto
entert
heUpperZone'smiddlelayer
.Vari
ousrareresourceswer
enecessary.Meanwhil
e,God'
s
Domain'sSevenLuminar
iesCrystal
swer eundoubtedlyeasi
ert
oobtai
nt hanthev ar
iousrar
e
resour
cestheGreenGodCompanyr equi
red.

UponseeingthatShiFengsti
llhadn'
tgi
venup,Ker
uishookherheadandpoint
edatthe100-
st
orybui
ldingnearby
,thensai
d,"Ifyouar
eint
entonparti
cipat
ing,y
oucanr
egist
ert
here.The
st
affatt
her
egi
str
ati
onar
eawi
llt
elly
ouhowexact
lyy
oucanacqui
recont
ri
but
ion

poi
nts.
"

ShiFengnoddedi
nresponse,
apl
anhav
ingf
ormedi
nhi
smi
ndal
ready
.

Ifitwereanyotherit
em,hewouldi ndeedhavediff
icult
yfulfi
ll
ingtheGr eenGodCompany's
requi
rement
.Howev er
,SevenLuminari
esCrystalwasadi ff
erentstory.Whileacqui
ri
ngSev
en
Luminari
esCry
stal
swouldn'
tbeeasyforhim,hewasn'texact
lywithoutopt
ions.

Afterward,ShiFengf ollowedKer uii

ntotheGreenGodCompany '
sof ficebuildi
ngi nt hebase
l
ay er
.TheGr eenGodCompany 'sbuil
dinghadv er
yf ewpeopl einside.Ev enafterarri
vingint he
second-floorregistr
at i
onar ea,ShiFenghadcomeacr ossonlyt woot herpeopl e.Oneoft hem
wasa26- year-
oldbeaut y,whilet heotherwasHongXi nyuan.Fr om t hehumbl ewayHong
Xinyuanwasconv ersingwi t
ht hewoman,i twasev identshehel dahi gherpositi
ont hanHong
Xinyuan.HongXi nyuan'sey esev encarri
edahintofr espectashel ookedather ."Kerui,y
ou're
fi
nallyhere."HongXi nyuanbr eathedoutasighofr eli
efwhenhesawKer uiandShiFengent er
theregistrat
ionarea.Het henaskedst r
angely
,"Where'sMuxin?Di dn'tshecomewi thyou? "

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f-
stepMast
er

"
Mysi st
er?
"Keruismi
ledatHongXi ny
uan'
squesti
on,t
henanswer
edj oy
ful
ly
,"I
'
m af
rai
dshe
won'
tbeablet
oentert
oday.She'
l
lhav
et owai
tunt
ilt
omorr
owtodoso."

"Shecan'tenter?"HongXi nyuangrewev enmor econfusedatKer ui

'
swords."
Whycan' tsheenter
?
ShehasGr ade2aut hori
ty.Whodar esst opher ?
"Nor mal
ly,anyonewithfor
malidentifi
cat
ionin
theUpperZonecoul denterandl eavet heUpperZonef reely
.Al t
houghsomeci rcumstances
couldresultinresidentsbeingprohibitedfrom enteri
ngoroutri
ghtbannedfrom t
heUpperZone,
oncesomeoner eachedGr ade2aut hori
ty,event hebaselayer'
ssupervi
sor
swoul dn'thavethe
couragetost opthem f r
om enter
ingt heUpperZone.

"
No,no.Nobodyst
oppedher
."Ker
uishookherhead,t
hengi
ggl
edandsai
d,"
It
'sj
ustt
hatt
he
Ment
alPat
hisact
ivat
edt
oday.
"

"TheMentalPath?"Real
izat
iondawneduponHongXinyuan.Howev
er,hequi
ckl
ynot
iceda
probl
em.Hethenturnedt
oShiFengandasked,
"Howdi
dyoucomein,t
hen?"

"
Hemust '
veclearedtheMent alPat
h,r
ight
?"t
hewomanseat
edbesi
deHongXi
nyuansai
d
l
eisur
elyassheglancedatShiFeng.

"Heclearedt
heMent
alPat
h?How i
sthi
spossi
ble?
!"HongXi
nyuanst
aredatShiFengi
n
disbel
ief
.

NomatterhowHongXi ny
uanlookedati
t,ShiFengwasdef
ini
tel
ypastt
heageof20.I
fShiFeng
want
edt oconquertheMentalPath,t
heyoungman'smentalstr
engt
hneededt
obeofasi mil
ar
gr
adetohisown, whichwastheSpeci
alGrade.

However,i
ntheYuanti
anCityUpperZone'
shi
stor
y,nev
erhaday
oungst
erwi
thsuchmonst
rous
mentalst
rengt
happearedbefor
e.

"That'
sr i
ght.Uncl
eHong,ShiFengi ndeedcl
ear
edt heMentalPat
h.Youshould'
veseeni
tfor
yourself
.Everyoneintheent
rancehallwasdumbfounded,
"Ker
uisai
d,noddi
ng,wi
thanexci
ted
expressiononherface.

WhenKer
uif
ini
shedspeaki
ng,
theseat
edwomanst
oodupandappr
oachedShiFeng.

"
Hello,Iam XiaQingyi
ng,thegeneralmanageroft
hebaselay
er,
"thewomanint
roducedherself
t
oShiFeng." Idi
dn'texpectt
hatthepersonOldHongmenti
onedwouldact
ual
lypossessSpecial
Gradementalstr
ength."

Xi
aQingy
ing'
ssuddenact
ionsgaveHongXinyuanafr
ight
.Despi
tebei
ngonl
y26y ear
sol
d,Xia
Qi
ngy
ingwasthegener
almanageroft
hisUpperZone'
sbasel
ayer
.Heraut
hor
itywasamongthe
t
opt
hreei
nthebasel
ayer
.Heri
dent
it
yandst
atuswer
east
oni
shi
ng.

XiaQingyi
ng'
staki
ngtheini
ti
ati
vetoi
ntr
oduceher
sel
ftoShiFengwast
ent
imesmor
eshocki
ng
thanShiFeng'
sachi
evementofhav
ingcl
earedt
heMentalPat
h.

Af
teramomentofsur
pri
se,
HongXi
nyuanhur
ri
edl
yst
eppedf
orwar
d.

"ShiFeng,GeneralManagerXi
aisabusyper son.Normal
ly,eventhebasel
ayer'
ssuper
visor
s
haveadi ff
icul
tt i
memeet i
ngher
.Shedeliberatel
ymadet imetodaytopersonal
lyhel
pwi t
h
regi
ster
ingyourident
it
yandaut
hori
ty,
"HongXinyuanexpl
ained.

Xi
aQi
ngy
ingwasn'
tani
ndi
vidualj
ustany
onecoul
dmeet
.

NowthatXi
aQingyi
ngwastaki
ngtheini
ti
ati
vetobef
ri
endShiFeng,HongXi
nyuannat
ural
lyhad
t
ogethimtoseizethi
sopport
uni
ty.Thi
sway ,t
heyoungmanwoul dfacef
ewertr
oubl
eswhen
r
esi
dingint
heUpperZone.

"
Hel
lo,
Gener
alManagerXi
a,"ShiFengsai
d,noddi
ng."
Iwi
llhav
etot
roubl
eyout
oday
."

ShiFengnatur
all
yunder
stoodwhatHongXi
nyuanmeanti
nhi
sexpl
anat
ion.Att
hesamet
ime,
he
fel
tgrat
efult
oHongXinyuan.

"I
t'snot r
ouble.Suchmat t er
sor i
ginal
lyfal
lwithi
nmypur vi
ewasagener almanager .Only,Iam
usuallybusy,andt her ear ev er
yf ew peoplewhocomet or egi
ster.Therefor
e,It ypicall
yhav e
sev er
almont hs'
wor thofappl icantsgatheronaspecifi
cdatetoconductanof fi
cialregistr
ation,
"
XiaQi ngyi
ngsaid,chuckl ingasshecar efull
yinspect
edShiFeng."Yourappearance, ont heother
hand,i str
ulyastonishing.Notonl ydidy oucleartheMentalPathundert heageof25,buty ou
alsospentonl y13mi nutest odoso.Thi sisthefir
stti
meIhav eseenat alentofy ourcaliberin
thisUpperZone."

"
What
?!Thi
rt
eenmi
nut
es?
!"HongXi
nyuanwasshockedoncemor
e.

Previ
ously,HongXi nyuant houghtthatShiFeng'sachiev
ementwasonl ygetti
ngt hr
oughthe
MentalPath.Itdidn'
toccurt ohimthatShiFenghadspentsuchashor tti
mecl eari
ngit.When
otherindi
vidual
swi t
hSpeci alGradement alst
rengt
ht r
aversedtheMentalPath,theiraver
age
ti
me was ar ound 40 mi nutes,aboutten minutes l
ongert han t
he av
erage cleartime for
i
ndividual
sunder20y earsold.

Yet,ShiFenghadspentonl
y13mi nut
esontheMentalPath.Foramoment
,HongXi
nyuan
couldn'
thel
pwonder
ingwhet
herXi
aQingyi
ngwaspl
ayi
ngajokeonhim.

"That'
sright.Thispersonherehasbr okentheYuanti
anCi tyUpperZone'sMentalPat
hcl ear
recordforthoseundert heageof25. "XiaQingy
ingnodded.ShethenlookedatShiFengand
smiled."
IfIdon'thur
rytoregi
stert
alentsl
ikeyour
sel
f,I
'
m afraidt
hoseoldfel
lowsabovewil
lnag
met odeath."

AtXi
aQingying'
swor ds,reali
zati
onalsodawneduponHongXinyuan.Wi t
hsuchfr
ighteni
ng
ment
alst
rength,
ShiFeng'sstandardwasmostl
ikel
ycl
oset
othatofmentalstr
engt
hmasters.

Ment
alst
rengt
hmast
ers!

Therewasnotasinglement alst
rengt
hmast erresi
dinginthebaselayerofYuant
ianCit
y'
sUpper
Zone.Themi ddl
el ayeronlyhadsev eralofsuchi ndi
vidual
s.Moreover,ever
yoneoft hese
i
ndivi
dual
spossessedi dent
iti
esandstat
usest hateventheBoulderCorporat
ionf
eared.

Ev
enthoughShiFenghadyettor
eachthestandar
dofmentalst
rengt
hmast
ers,hi
stal
entwas
moret
hanenoughfort
hevari
ousUpperZonestofi
ghtov
erhi
m.

"
Youov er
prai
seme,GeneralManagerXia.Ij
ustgotl
ucky
.Ibel
iev
eitwon'
tbel
ongbef
oret
he
UpperZonehasmanypeoplewhosurpass

me.
"

Tr
uthf
ull
y,ShiFengf
eltsomewhatgui
lt
ywhenr
ecei
vingXi
aQi
ngy
ing'
sat
tent
ion.
Thiswasbecausehehadr
eli
edonatri
cktogetthr
ought
heMentalPat
h.Hi
sactualment
al
st
rengthwasmostli
kel
yattheAdv
ancedGradeonl
y.Hewasst
il
lfarfr
om r
eachi
ngSpeci
al
Grade.

Byhisestimates,a Speci
alGrade mentalst
rength should be equi
valentto a near
-Ti
er5
Concent
rat
ionstandardi
nGod'sDomain.However,hiscur
rentConcentrat
ionstandardwasonl
y
att
heInter
mediateTier4st
andar
d,whichwassti
llfarfr
om theTier5standard.

"We'vetalkedforqui tesomet imenow.Weshoul dgetonwi t

hoffi
cialbusi
ness,"XiaQi ngying
said,changingt hetopicaft
erseeingShiFengatalossinthi
ssit
uati
on.Smiling,shecont i
nued,
"Thef or
malr egistr
ati
onf orident
ifi
cati
onissi
mple.Ionl
yneedt oscany ouwi t
hadev ice,and
you'l
lbecomeanof fi
cialmemberofYuant i
anCity'
sUpperZone.Thet roublesomepar tis
decidingwhatr ewardsshouldbegi ventoy
ou."

"
Aren'
tther
ewar
dsf
orcl
ear
ingt
heMent
alPat
hfi
xed?
"ShiFengaskedcur
iousl
y.

Previ
ousl
y,hehear
dfrom Ker
uithatany
onewhosuccessf
ull
ycl
ear
edtheMent
alPat
hwoul
d
recei
ve10,
000tr
adepoint
sandoneLif
ePoti
onf
rom t
heGreenGodCompany
.

TheLi fePotionasi
de,j
ustthetradepoi nt
sawar dedwer eal
readysigni
fi
cant.I
ntheUpperZone,
tradepoi nt
swer easimportantasCr edit
si nt
heout sideworldbecausealltr
ansact
ionswit
hin
the UpperZone wer e conducted using the Green God Company '
strade poi
nts.Moreover
,
dependi ngonone'sauthori
tylevel
,thenumberoft radepointsonecoul dexchangeforwould
differ
.

Peopl
ewi t
houtauthor
it
ycouldexchangef oronl
y100t r
adepoint
sperday,whi
leGrade3
aut
hori
tycoul
dexchangefor200poi
nts,
Grade2for500poi
nts,
andGrade1f
or1,
000poi
nts.

Hence,whi
leonetradepoi
ntwasequi
valentt
o10,000Cr
edi
tsi
ntheUpperZone,10,
000Cr
edi
ts
werenotnecessar
il
yequi
val
entt
oonetradepoint
.

Thereweresomepeopl
ewhocoul dmakeaf ortunejustbyr esel
li
ngt hei
rtradepoint
s.Howev er
,
thosewhowouldact
uall
ydot hi
sweregenerall
ycrazy,andt hevariouscorporat
ionsoperat
ingin
theUpperZoneweremorethanhappytoseesuchf ools.Afteral
l,astandardmealpr epar
edby
theGreenGodCompanyalreadycost30tradepoints.Peopl ewit
houtaut hori
tycoul
dhav eonly
threest
andar
dmealsperday.Thatwasequival
entto300, 000Creditspermeal !

Justhearingaboutthi
smadeShiFengt hi
nkt hatt
heUpperZonewasr eall
yadifferentwor l
d
fr
om thewor l
dheliv
edin.Alt
houghhisphysi
quehadi mprovedsi
gni
fi
cantl
yandhenowr equi
red
hi
gher-quali
tyfoodtosupporthisbody,300,000Cr edi
tscouldst
il
lbuyhi m sev
er almonths'
worthoffood.However,i
ntheUpperZone,hecouldonlygetonemealforsuchasum.

Meanwhi l
e,thiswasonlyboard.Ther
ewer ealsomanyt rai
ningfaci
li
ti
esinthebaselay erf
or
rapidl
yimprov i
ngphysi
calfi
tnessandevenfacil
iti
esthathelpedimprovementalst
rength.All
thesefaci
li
tiescosttr
adepointstouse;basi
ct r
aini
ngfacil
it
iescost20point
sperhour ,whil
e
advancedtraini
ngfaci
li
ti
escost50poi
ntsperhour.

I
twasnoexaggerat
iontosayt
hatonl
ypeopl
ewi
thGr
ade2aut
hor
it
yorhi
ghercoul
dsat
isf
ythei
r
dai
lyneedsi
ntheUpperZone.

Ofcour
se,sol
ongasonehadsuff
ici
entaut
hori
ty,onecoul
dalsoacceptwor
kfrom t
heGr
een
GodCompanyt
oearnsomepoi
ntsandmaint
aint
heirdai
lyl
if
est
ylei
ntheUpperZone.

TakeShiFeng,forexample.Wi
thZer
oWi
ng'
sfor
tune,hewasbasi
cal
lyapauperwhocoul
dn'
t
aff
ordev
enor di
naryhousi
ng.

Hence,
10,
000t
radepoi
ntswasahugef
ort
unet
ohi
m.

"I
t'
sfixed,butthatrewardi sonlymeantf orthoseundert heageof20, "XiaQingyi
ngsaid,
nodding."
ThereisnofixedrewardforpeoplewhocleartheMentalPathabovetheageof20and
undertheageof25.Nott omention,youmanagedt obreaktheunder-25'
sclearr
ecor
d.""
CanI
askforLif
eWat er
,then?"ShiFengcouldn'
thelpaski
ng."Lif
eWater?"Xi
aQingy i
ngsmil
edal
lofa
sudden."Doyouknow t hatLif
eWat erisincr
edibl
ypreciousevenintheGr eenGodCompany ?
Eveni fyoubecomeament alst
rengthmasteratyourage,obt
aini
ngabottl
eofLi f
eWat er
wouldn'tbeeasy .Thestandar
dpriceofabott
leofLi
feWateris1,
000,
000cont
ri
buti
onpoi nt
s,in
addit
ion to 30,000,000 t
radepoint
s.""I
t'
sthatexpensi
ve?"ShiFeng wassurpr
ised byXi a
Qingying'
swor ds.

"Expensi
ve?"Shakingherhead,Xi aQi ngyi
ngsaidwithasmi l
e,"Lif
eWaterisoneoft heGreen
GodCompany '
sgreatestmasterpieces.Al
thoughitcan'tbri
ngthedeadbacktolife,sol
ongasa
personstil
lhasabr eathinthem,t heycanr ecoverfrom alli
njur
iescomplet
elyov ert
ime.Li
fe
Wat ercanev enextendaper son'slif
espanandal low them tomai nt
ainyouthfulvi
tal
it
yfor
another60years.

"
Sixt
yy earsisal
readycl
osetoal if
eti
mef oror
dinarypeopl
e.Meanwhil
e,notonl
ydoesLife
Waterall
ow youtoliv
eforanadditi
onall
if
eti
me,buty ouwil
lal
soretai
ny oury
out
hfulv
ital
it
y
t
hroughoutthi
speri
od.Doyoust
il
lthi
nkiti
sexpensive?
"

ShiFengcoul
dn'
tref
uteXi
aQi
ngy
ing'
swor
ds.I
nfact
,heev
enst
rongl
yagr
eedwi
thher
.

Fortheleadersoft hevari
ousinter
nat
ionalcorpor
ati
ons,moneywasi nconsequent
ial
.They
couldquickl
yearnitbackeveniftheyl
ostit.However,t
heyhadonl
yonel ifetoli
ve.Ifthese
peoplehadt heopport
unit
yt ol
iveforanotherli
fet
ime,theymostl
ikel
ywoul dn'
thesitat
et o
spendtheirent
ir
eaccumulat
edfort
une.

Taket
heemper
orsofanci
entt
imes,
forexampl
e.Theycoul
ddoany
thi
ngf
orl
ongev
ity
.

Meanwhi l
e,si
nceShiFengwassoi nt
erestedinLifeWat er
,HongXinyuancouldn'
thelpadvi
sing
him,"ShiFeng,youshouldst
opthi
nkingaboutLi f
eWat er
.Eventhepeopleliv
inginthemiddle
l
ay ercanhardlyaff
ordone.Youshouldpr i
ori
ti
zei mprovi
ngy ourmentalstr
engthfornow.So
l
ongasy ourmentalst
rengt
himproves,yourentryint
ot hemiddlelay
erwi l
lbejustaroundthe
corner.
"

"
That
'sri
ght
.Let'sendt
hetalkonLi
feWaterher
e."Xi
aQingyingal
sofeltthati
twasunnecessar
y
t
oconti
nuetal
kingaboutLi
feWater
.Af
terall
,i
twasstil
ltoosoonforShiFengtoobt
ainone.

Af
ter
ward,
XiaQingy
ingscannedShiFengwi
tht
hequant
um wat
chonherwr
ist
.Immedi
atel
y,al
l
av
ail
abl
edataonShiFengappear
edoni t
.

"
Youridenti
fi
cati
onregi
str
ati
oniscompl
ete.
"Aft
erlooki
ngatShiFeng'
sdat
a,Xi
aQi
ngy
ingsai
d
wi
thsati
sfacti
on,"
Next,
wehav et
odeter
mineyourr
eward.

"Notonlyhaveyouclear
edt heMentalPath,butyouevenbr oketheexisti
ngcl
earr
ecord.Ast
he
baselayer
'sgeneralmanager,Icangiveyoutwoopt i
ons."Thefirstopti
onist
orewardyouwit
h
500,000tr
adepointsand50Li f
ePotionsormedicinesofequival
entv al
ue.

"
Thesecondopt
ioni
stor
ewar
dyouwi
thanor
dinar
yhousei
nthebasel
ayer
.

"
Youmaypi
ckoneoft
heset
wor
ewar
ds.
"

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anov
el.
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erentWor
ld

"
Ther
ewar
dsar
esoexcel
lent
?"

ShiFengwasst unnedmoment
ari
lybytherewar
dsXiaQingy
ingment
ioned.Hecoul
dn'
tbel
iev
e
thatj
ustbycleari
ngtheMent
alPathabovetheageof20,hewoul
dget50t i
mestherewar
dof
every
oneelse.

"They '
renotpar t
icul
arl
yexcel l
ent.Howev er
,they
'ret
hebestrewardsIcangiveyouwi t
hinmy
author i
ty.I
fy ouwereoneoft heGr eenGodCompany '
sint
ernalmembers,youwouldreceiv
ea
much mor e generousr eward.I nf act
,yourauthor
it
ylevelwould ev
en be el
evated tothe
Adv ancedGr adedirect
ly,
"XiaQi ngyingsai
d.Shethensmil
edandasked,"MayIknowi fyouare
i
nter estedi
nj oi
ningourcompany ?
"

"
Thanky
ouf
ory
ourof
fer
,Gener
alManagerXi
a,butIam usedt
ooper
ati
ngf
reel
yby
real
lydon'twishtober estr
ained.
"Joiningt
heGreenGodCompanymi ghtbethedream ofmany
people,butheknew t hattheGr eenGodCompanyhadmanyr est
rict
ions.Thi
swasal sothe
reasonMuxinandKer uididnotjointhecompanybutr
etai
nedt
heirconnecti
onwiththeBoul
der
Corporat
ioninstead.

"
Whatapi
ty,
"Xi
aQi
ngy
ingsi
ghedwhenshehear
dShiFeng'
sanswer
.

I
fatal
entl
ikeShiFengj
oinedtheGreenGodCompany,hewoul
dhav ecl
imbedtoaposi
tionnot
l
owert
hanhersintheUpperZone.Aft
eral
l,ment
alst
rengt
hmaster
swereincr
edibl
yval
uableto
t
heUpperZone.

The Green God Companypaid ast

ronomicalpr
ices t
o cul
ti
vat
e ment
alst
rengt
h mast
ers.
However,ev
ennow, t
hecompanyhadn'tmanagedt
oculti
vat
emany .

"ShiFeng,t
hisisagoodopportuni
tyforyou.I
fyouget50bottl
esofPhantom Pot i
ons,whichis
ofequival
entval
uetoLifePot
ions,youmightbeabl
etoelevat
eyourmentalstrengthtothenext
l
ev el
,
"Keruisai
d,herey
esglowingwithexci
tementwhensheheardXi
aQingying'soffer
.

Alt
houghLi f
ePot i
onwassomet hingthatcoul
dbeexchangedandeachbot tl
ecostonly5, 000
poi
nt s,therewasal imi
tont henumberofbot t
lesaper soncouldexchange.Peoplewithout
authoritycoul
dexchangef oronlyonebottl
eperyear,
whileGrade3authori
tycoul
dexchangef or
twobot t
lesperyear,andGrade2aut hori
tyforfi
vebott
lespery ear
.Ifonewantedt opur
chase
mor e,theywouldhav etobuythem atamuchmor eexorbit
antpri
cefrom ot
herpeople.

Meanwhil
e,thePhantom Potion wasan incr
edi
blymagi
caldrug t
heGreen God Company
devel
opedthatcoul
dsharpenandi mprov
eone'sment
alst
rengt
h.Anyonewi
thambit
ioninthe
UpperZonewouldtr
ytoexchangeforit
.

Fi
ft
ybot
tl
esofPhant
om Pot
ions!

Shehadnev
erev
enseensomanyPhant
om Pot
ionsi
nherl
if
ebef
ore.

Wit
hthatmanyPhant
om Pot
ions,shecoul
ddef
ini
tel
yachi
eveabr
eakt
hroughwi
thi
nay
earand
el
evat
eheraut
hori
tyt
oGrade2.

"Gener
alManagerXia,doestheGreenGodCompanyhav
eanymedi
cinet
hatcanhealment
al
damage?"ShiFengaskedashelookedatXi
aQi
ngy
ing.

Curr
ent
ly,Li
fe Wat
erwas defi
nit
elyoutofhisr each.Hence,he coul
d onlyseek i
nfer
ior
al
ter
nat
ivest
ostabi
li
zeGent
leSnow'sandAquaRose'
smentalstat
est
empor ar
il
yfornow.

"Wedo,butt hesemedi cinesaremuchmor ev al

uablethanLi fePot i
on,
"XiaQi ngyinganswered
asshe l ooked atShiFeng st r
angely.She couldn'tunder stand whyShiFeng woul d want
somet hi
ngliket hi
s.Howev er,shesti
llexpl
ained,"Outofallthei nj
uri
esoutthere,mentaltrauma
i
st hemostdi ffi
culttotreat.I
fy ouwishtopur chasesuchmedi ci
ne,youcanonl ydosoaf ter
enteri
ngthemi ddlelay
er.Howev er,y
ouar enotqualif
iedtoent erthemiddlelay
ery et.
""Icanbuy
them onlyint hemi ddlelayer?"ShiFengf rowned.Het hensai d,"GeneralManagerXi a,I'
v e
decided.Iwillt
aket heordinaryhouse."

WhenHongXi nyuanheardShiFeng' sdecisi

on,hecoul dn'thel
pl ooki
ngattheyoungmani n
surpr
ise.Hurr
iedly
,hedi ssuadedShiFeng," You'recrazy!It'
snoteasyt oget50bot t
lesof
Phantom Pot
ion!Ev enwit
hy ourGrade1aut hori
ty,you'
dneedf iv
ey earst
oredeem t
hatmany!
TheGr eenGodCompanyhasacompl et
elydiff
erentevaluati
onforthosewhoreachAdvanced
Gradeauthor
it
ybef oreandaftert
heageof25! "

Beforet heageof25, humanswoul dstil

lbeintheirgrowthstage.ReachingtheAdvancedGrade
authori
tybef ore25meantt heyst
illhadpotenti
alf orgrowt
h.TheGr eenGodCompanywoul d
pri
orit
izenurturingsucht al
entsevenifthesetalentswereoutsiders.Anexampleoft hi
swould
behow Xi aQingyingwasshowi ngsomuchcar ef orShiFengr ightnow.Howev er
,ifShiFeng
wasal readyov er25y ear
sol dbythetimeher eachedt heAdvancedGr adeauthori
ty,t
heGreen
GodCompany '
sevaluati
onofhim wouldplummet .

Bef
ore Hong Xi
nyuan coul
d cont
inue t
ryi
ng t
o di
ssuade ShiFeng,Xi
a Qi
ngy
ing suddenl
y
ext
endedahandt
ost
opt
heol
derman.Shet
henl
ookedatShiFengwi
thast
rangegaze.

"I
tseemsy ouareadamantonr estori
ngment altr
auma.Youact uall
ygav eupthepossi
bili
tyto
i
mpr oveyoursel
fr apidl
ywi t
hinashor tperiodandset t
ledf orahouset hatcanjustbar ely
maintai
nandhealaper son'
sment alstate,
"XiaQingy
ingsai d,seemi ngl
yhavi
ngseent hrough
ShiFeng'
sintent
ions.Shethensmi ledli
ghtl
yandcontinued,"Okay ,si
ncethisi
syourdecision,I
won'tmeddlewit
hit .However,Ishouldsti
llgi
v ey
ouaremi nder.

"TheUpperZoneisn'
tassi
mpl
easyouthi
nkitis.Li
feherei
snoteasy.I
fyouwishtohelp
someone,thef
ast
estwaytodosowoul
dbetoraiseyourownaut
hor
it
y.Anyt
hingel
sei
sjust
futi
leef
for
t.
"

"
Iunderst
and.Thanky ouf
orthereminder
,Gener
alManagerXia,
"ShiFengrepl
iedgr
atef
ull
y.
"
Also,
Iwishtopart
ici
patei
nthecont
ri
buti
oncompeti
ti
on.CanIr
egist
erf
oritnow?
"

Anindi
vidualofXi
aQingy i
ng'
sstat
usprobabl
ywouldn'
tpaypeopl
eli
kehi
msel
fasecondglance
undernormalcir
cumstances.Shehadgoneoutofherwayt ohelphi
mthist
imeonlybecause
sheadmiredtheexcel
lentpot
enti
alhehadshown.

Howev er,ShiFengunder stoodhimselfveryclearl

y.Inrealit
y,hewasst illf
arfrom thestandard
ofament alstrengthmast er.EvenwiththePhant om Potion'
shel p,hecoul d,atbest,el
evatehis
mentalst rengthtotheSpeci alGrade.Inhi
ssi t
uation,suchanachi evementwoul dbeofnohel p
whatsoev er.Ratherthandoi ngsomet hi
ngmeani ngless,hewoul dr atherstabil
izeGentl
eSnow' s
andAquaRose' scondit
ionsbyr elyi
ngont heUpperZone' senv ir
onment .Aft
erall,fr
om whathe
hear
df rom Ker ui,peopl
ewhoent eredtheUpperZonewi thoutgai ninganyaut horit
ywouldhav e
tost
ruggl et osurvi
veintheUpperZoneunl esssomeonepr ovidedthem wi thaccommodat ion.

However
,obtai
ningar
esidenceintheUpperZonewaseasi
ersai
dthandone.Ev
enanor
dinar
y
housi
nguni
tcostonemil
li
ont r
adepoint
s.

One mill
ion tr
ade poi
nts!Thatwasequivalenttoten bil
li
on Creditsinthe outsi
de world.
Moreover,evenifhehadthatki
ndofmoney,i
twouldstil
ltakehim av er
ylongti
met oexchange
foronemi l
li
ont r
adepoint
s.Mostimpor
tantl
y,ever
yhousinguni thadal i
mitedoccupancy.An
ordi
nar
yhousi ngunitcoul
daccommodatefivepeopleatmost ,whereastheindependentvi
ll
as
coul
dhav eupt o20.

Forthevari
ousmaj orcorpor
ati
ons,l
etal
one20slot
s,ev
en100sl
otswoul
dn'
tbeenough.Aft
er
al
l,whodidn'thav
ecl osefri
ends?Whodidn'
thav
esonsanddaughter
s?Whowouldn'
twishto
l
iveintheUpperZonef or
ever?

Hence,hewouldbedr eamingi
fhethoughthecoul
dbor r
owotherpeopl
e'
shouses!I
tmightbe
fi
nei fhewer
ealone,butifhewant
edtohelpotherpeopl
e,hewouldneedanordi
naryhousi
ng
unitofhi
sown.

"Thecontr
ibuti
oncompeti
ti
on?Itseemsy ou'
remoreextraor
dinar
yt hanIthought.I
nthatcase,I
havenothi
ngmor etosay,
"XiaQingyi
ngsaid,noddi
ng.Shethentransfer
redamessagef rom her
quantum watchtoShiFeng'
sandsai d,"
Thishousi
nguni ti
ntheSi xt
hSout her
nDistr
ictwil
lbe
yoursfr
om nowon."

ShiFengwasov er
joy
edwhenhesawt hei
nfor
mat
iondispl
ayedonhi
squantum wat
ch.Alt
hough
i
twascal l
edanor di
nar
yhouse,i
tsfl
oorar
eawassti
llmorethan200squaremeters-
def
ini
tel
y
enoughforfi
vepeopl
etoli
vecomfor
tabl
y.

"Ihaver egi
steredy ouf
ort hecontri
butioncompet i
ti
on.Howev er
,I'
m afr
aidtheli
kelihoodofy ou
catchingupwi ththeotherpar t
ici
pantsislow,especial
lyifyouareaimingforthetopt hree.Every
oneoft hetopt hreepart
icipantshasmor ethan100,000poi ntsalr
eady.Iheardt heyhav et he
backingofGod' sDomain'sSuperGui lds.It'
simpossibleforyout ocatchupt othem now, "Xia
Qingyingsai dasshel ookedatShiFeng." Howev er,youcant r
ycompet ingfort het op20
positi
ons.Ourcompanypl anst oofferthetop20wi nnersther i
ghttopurchasethreeitemsf rom
themi ddlel
ay er.Youcangi veitatr
yatt hatti
me."

ShiFengwassl i
ght
lysur
pri
sedbyXi
aQi
ngy
ing'
swor
ds.Hur
ri
edl
y,het
hankedher
,"Thanky
ou,
GeneralManagerXi
a."
Afterward,XiaQi ngyingspokeaf ew wor
dswi t
hHongXi nyuanbefor
edepar t
ingthebuil
ding.
From herhast e,itwasev identshewastrul
ybusy .Meanwhi l
e,Ker
uiwasgr eatl
yangeredand
fr
ustratedbyShiFeng' sdecisi
on.SheneverthoughtthatShiFengwoul dgiveuponsuchan
excell
entoppor tunit
yt oimprovehimsel
f.EvenHongXi nyuanshookhi sheadov erShiFeng's
decision.Af
terinstructi
ngKeruitogui
deShiFeng,heal
sogav eShiFengafewr eminder
s.

Howev
er,
unl
ikeKer
uiandHongXi
nyuan,
ShiFengf
eltv
eryhappywi
thhi
scur
rentsi
tuat
ion.

Thiswasbecausehehadreapedamassi
veharvestfr
om hi
sv i
sitt
otheUpperZonet hist
ime.
Hehadalsofi
nall
yunder
stoodthei
mpor
tanceofSevenLuminar
iesCry
stalsandfoundawayt o
healGent
leSnow andAquaRose.Hehadev enfoundawayt ohelpoutsider
sintotheUpper
Zone.

Oncehi
saut hor
ityr
eachedtheAdvancedGr adeandheent er
edt heUpperZone'smiddl
elay
er,
hecoul
dspend100,000contri
buti
onpoi nt
stoexchangeforoneUpperZoner eserv
eslot
.While
hecoul
dexchangef oronl
ythreeslotsperyearwiththi
smet hod,thi
swasstil
lgoodnewsf or
hi
m.Afteral
l,hi
sgoalwasn'
tsi
mplyt oli
veintheUpperZonebyhimself.

Asthesunset,KeruibroughtShiFengt ohi
sresidenceintheSixthSouther
nDistri
ctandleft
wi
thoutsayi
ngawor d,evidentl
yunhappywithShiFeng'sdeci
sion.Thi
sleftShiFengstandi
ng
al
oneinfr
ontoftheresi
dentialbui
ldi
ng'
sentr
ance.

I
sn'
tthi
shouseal
it
tl
etooamazi
ng?
!

ShiFengwasst
unnedwhenheent
eredUni
t02ont
he35t
hfl
oor
.

Notonl ywast hehousi ng uni

tfull
yequipped with smartfaci
li
ti
es,buti teven boasted a
compr ehensivear r
ayofexer ci
seequipment.Aft
erenteri
ngthehouse,ShiFengal sofeltmuch
morecomf ortablethanbefore,asifhiswholebodywassoakedi naNutrientSolut
ion,andhe
couldcont i
nuouslyi mprovehisphysi
calfi
tnessevenwi t
houtdoinganytraini
ng.Hisbrainalso
fel
tclearerthanev er,l
ikewhenhewasi naMana- r
ichenvir
onmentinGod'sDomai n.

Moreover
,everybedr
oom i
nt hehousewasequi
ppedwi
thast at
e-of
-the-
artFear
lessVir
tual
GamingCabin,somet
hingevenmoreamazi
ngthanthev
irt
ualgamingcabinsZeroWi nghad
pur
chased.

Accordi
ngtoShiFeng'
smemories,t
heFearl
essVir
tualGami
ngCabi
nwasamodelt
hatwoul
d
appeari
ntheout
sideworl
donl
ythreeyear
slat
er.

TheFear
lessCabindidnotjustal
low pl
ayer
st ofull
yimmer sethemsel
vesi
nGod'sDomain.I
t
al
soimprovedtheplayer'
ssensi
ti
vit
y.Inpart
icul
ar,thecabinimprovedManasensi
ti
vit
ybyat
l
east20%andallowedplayer
stoexhi
bit100%oftheirmentalst
rengt
hinGod'
sDomain.

Backwhent heFearlessCabinsweref i
rstreleasedt ot
hepublic,t
hev ari
ouscorporationshad
foughtoverthem f
ranti
cal
ly
.Eachuni thadsol df oratl
east100mi ll
ionCredi
ts.Mor eover,t
he
Fearl
essCabinswerealwaysi nshor
tsupply .Event enyear
safterGod'sDomain'slaunch,fir
st-
rateGui
ldscouldonl
yaffor
dt osuppl
ytheirexecut i
veswithFear
lessCabins.

Thesituat
ionofsecond-r
ateGui
ldshadbeenev
enwor
se.Ev
enaGui
ldLeaderl
ikeShiFengdi
d
notgettouseaFearlessCabi
n.

Ineverdr eamedIwouldhav etheopportuni

tytoexper i
encetheFearl
essCabinint hisli
fe.Shi
Fengwasdeepl ymovedbythissi
tuat
ion.Atthismoment ,hefi
nall
yunderst
oodwhypeopl ewho
enteredtheUpperZonewouldbeunwi ll
ingtoleaveit.Thevar
iousenvi
ronmentalbenefit
saside,
j
ustt het echnol
ogyonecouldenjoyher ewasl eapsandboundsaheadoft heoutsidewor l
d's
technology.

A20%i
ncr
easet
oManasensi
ti
vit
y!

Evenor dinar
yTier3exper tswouldexper i
enceahugeboosti
ncombatpoweriftheyr
ecei
ved
such an i mprov
ement ,whatmor epeakexper tsand apexexpert
s?Theincr
easein Mana
sensiti
vitywouldal sohel pplayer
st acklethei
rfut
urepromoti
ons.Af
teral
l,Manawast he
foundationofev eryt
hingi nGod'
sDomai n.Themoreoneunderst
oodaboutt
heoperat
ionand
controlofMana, thestrongeronewouldbecome.
ItseemsIshouldhav eGent l
eSnow andAquaRosecomeov erassoonaspossibl
e.These
Fearl
essCabinsalonecouldincreasethei
rchancesofreachi
ngTier4byatleast10%.AsShi
Fenglookedatthepitch-bl
ackgami ngcabi
nthatwasthesizeofadoublebed,manythought
s
andplansranthr
oughhi smind.

Afterhegainedaroughunderstandi
ngofthehouse'
sfunctional
it
y,hehoppedintohisFearl
ess
Cabinwi t
houthesi
tat
ion,int
endingtoexper
iencetheeffectsoft hi
slegendar
ygami ngcabin
properl
y.Nottomenti
on,itwoul
dn'tbeeasyf
orhimtoreturntoZeroWi ng'
sheadquar
tersatt
his
ti
me.

Oncet
hecabi
nli
nkedwi
thGod'
sDomai
n'
sMai
nGodSy
stem,
ShiFengmut
ter
edi
nhi
shear
t,Log
i
n!

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2746–Fear
lessCabi
n’sEf
fect
s

Twi
nTower
sKi
ngdom,
Fier
yRi
dge:

AsaLev el90mapi nt
heTwinTowersKingdom,t heFier
yRidgewaspopul
arwi
thLevel90-
plus
pl
ayers,whowouldcomeher etogr
indf orlevels.Howev
er ,t
hesepl
ayer
sdidn'
tdosoj ust
becauseitwassui
tabl
eforpl
ayer
softhei
rlevel
.

I
nst
ead,itwasal
sobecausetheEar
thf
ir
ePt
erodact
yl,aLev
el96Wor
ldBoss,woul
dappeari
n
t
heFier
yRidgef
rom t
imetoti
me.

Comparedt
oot herWorldBosses,t
heEart
hfi
rePterodact
ylwasmucheasiert
orai
d.Sol
ongas
pl
ayer
smett hehighrequi
rementforFi
reResist
ance,evena100-
mant eam madeupofTi
er3
pl
ayer
scoul
dt akeitdown.

Hence,whi
legr
indi
ngforl
evelsi
ntheFier
yRidge,thevari
ousl
argeGui
lds'newcomer
swoul
d
al
socheckwhet
hertheEar
thf
ir
ePter
odacty
lhadrespawned.

Ift he World Boss had respawned,t hey would noti

fyt hei
rGui lds immedi ately,and their
respecti
veGui l
dswoul dsendat eam tor ai
dit.Notonlycouldt hepl ayerscont ri
butingtot he
Wor ldBoss'
sdi scover
yearnabunchofGCPs, buttheymightev engetapi eceofLev el100Fine-
GoldEqui pmenti ftheywerel ucky."Moreandmor eNPCshav ebeencompet ingwi thusf or
monst er
sr ecently.Fort
unatel
y,thisplaceisqui tefarfrom NPC ci t
ies,andt herear en'
tany
vil
lagesort ownsnear by.Otherwi
se,wewoul dloseevent hi
sl evel
ingspot ,
"aLev el97,Tier2
ShieldWar r
iorsaid.Ashelookedatt hecorpsesofadozenLev el95Chi ef
tainsandoneLev el96
Lordbeforehim, hecouldn'
thelpsighingrueful
ly.

Eversi ncet hemaj orsystem updat

e,thegoodday sofgr i
ndi
ngasmanymonst ersasthey
wishedwer enomor e.Now, NPCswerefrequentl
yseenhuntingmonster
singroupsinalmostal
l
l
ev el
ingmaps.Mor eover,theseNPCswoul dgeneral
lybetenlevel
shigherthanthemapt hey
wer egr i
ndingin.Theyal soboastedenviableweaponsandequi pment
,withevent helowest
-
qualit
ypi ecebeingattheDar k-
Goldr
ank.Manyoft heseNPCsev enwiel
dedEpicWeapons.Asa
result
,almostnopl ayerwoulddaremessar oundwiththeseNPCs.

"I
ndeed,wearel ucky.Accor
dingtosomeoft heTier3bigshot
sintheGui l
d,Level100neutr
al
mapsar einf
estedwi thLevel130-
plus,Tier3NPCs.Ther earemor eNPCst hanmonstersin
someplaces.Thisf or
cedtheother
si ntheGui l
dtotravelt
ofart
herlocat
ions.Now,thei
rtr
avel
ti
meistwiceaslongasbef ore,
"aLevel91,Tier2Oraclecommented.

"However,thi
sisalsoourchance.Now t
hatthelev
elingspeedofplay
ersunderLevel100is
muchf asterthanofplayer
sabov eLevel100,ifwecat chupt otheav er
agelevelofthe
mainst
ream player
sandgetpromotedtoTier3,we'
llbesetforl
if
e,"aLevel95,Ti
er2Ranger
sai
dexcitedly
.
Alt
houghGod'
sDomainhadbeenpopularsi
nceit
searl
ystages,i
twasn'
taspopularasitwas
now.Atpr
esent
,al
mostnobodyi
nther
ealworlddi
dnotknowofGod'sDomai
n'
sexistence.

Meanwhi l
e,thecompet i
ti
oni nGod'sDomainwasi ntensify
ingbyt heday .Now,r eachingLev el
100andent eri
ngLev el100neut r
almapswasaki ntogoi ngfr
om aNor malModeDungeont oa
HellModeDungeon.Thedi ff
icul
tyofl
eveli
ngupi ncreaseddrasti
cally
.Al thoughthiswasbad
newsf ormainst
ream players,i
twasundoubtedl
ygoodnewsf ornewcomer sliket
hemsel ves.As
theyhadj oi
nedGod' sDomai nmuchl aterthanmai nstr
eam players,theyhadmi ssedouton
plent
yofoppor t
unit
iesduringthegame'
searlystages.Nowwast heperfectopportunit
yf orthem
tocatchup.

Atpr
esent
,thevari
ousGui
ldswerefrant
ical
lyr
ecr
uit
ingTi
er3exper
ts,wi
thsomeGui
ldsev
en
pr
omisi
ngaconsider
abl
emonthl
yincome.

Somest udent
st hatpl
ayedGod'sDomainwer ecur
rent
lyearningmoremoneyt hansoci
ety
's
whit
e-col
lareli
tes.Thi
ssituat
iondr
ew mor eandmor eworking-cl
assmember sandelder
ly
peopl
eintojoi
ningGod'
sDomaintoearnext
raincometosubsi
dizethei
rli
vingexpendi
tur
es.

Asthemember
soft
hissi
x-manpar
tywer
econv
ersi
ngamongt
hemsel
ves,
asuddenshockwav
e
sweptov
ert
hem.

Boom!

Theintenseshockwavemadet
hesur
roundi
ngt
reesswayandshake.Ev
ent
heear
thshudder
ed
sl
ight
ly."What
'sgoingon?
"

TheLev
el97Guar
dianKni
ghtl
ookedt
owar
dtheshockwav
e'ssour
cei
nast
oni
shment
.

However
,bef
oreany
onecoul
dreactt
othesi
tuat
ion,ahi
gh-
pit
chednoi
sef
orcedt
hesi
xpl
ayer
s
t
oshiel
dthei
rear
s.

"
Thi
sisdef
ini
tel
ytheEar
thf
ir
ePt
erodact
yl'
sscr
eech!
"they
oungRangersai
d,hi
sey
esgl
owi
ng:

Solongast heyr
epor
tedt
hispi
eceofnewsbackt
otheGui
ld,t
heywoul
dmakeagr
eat
cont
ri
but
ion.

"
TheEart
hfi
reDr
agonshouldbeinthatlocati
on,"theGuardi
anKni
ghtsai
d,poi
nti
ngt
owar
da
v
all
eyi
nthewest
."Qui
ck!Thi
sthi
ngwon'twaitforanyone!
"

Af
terbr
ief
lyexchangi
ngl
ooks,
thesi
xpl
ayer
sdashedt
owar
dthev
all
ey.

Al
thoughtheydi
dn'
tknowwhoangeredt
heEar
thfi
rePt
erodacty
l,allt
heyneededt
odonowwas
l
ocatetheWorl
dBossandwai
tfort
heGuil
dtosendaTier3team torai
dit
.

Asf ort hepossi bi

lit
yofot herGui ldsdi scoveri
ngt heEar thf
irePt er
odactylfi
rst,thatdidnot
mat ter .Af t
erall,t
heLev el96Wor l
dBosswasn' tsuchapushov erthatTier2playerscouldtakeit
down- especi all
yaftermonst ersi nGod'sDomai ngainedasembl anceofsent i
ence.Now, smarter
monst er swoul dev enfleefort heirli
veswhent hesituati
onlookedbadf orthem.Thepr ocessof
chasi ngt hesemonst ersdownwoul dbei ncredibl
ytroublesomeandt ime-consuming.Thiswoul d
giv
et hei rGui l
d'sTier3t eam mor ethanenought i
met oar riv
e.TheEar thf
irePt er
odactyl
's
screechat tractedplayerteamst oitslocationint hedozens.Al loft heseteamsr epor t
edthe
Wor l
dBoss' sappearancet ot heirrespect i
veGui l
ds,andt heywer ealladamanti nsecur i
ngthe
Earthf i
r ePt erodact
y l
'
ski l
l.

Aft
eral
l,asaWor l
dBoss,theEarthf
ir
ePterodacty
l'
slootwasextr
aor
dinar
il
ygood.I
twoul
ddrop
notonl
yInferi
orLegendar
ymat er
ial
sbutevenEpicWeaponsandEqui pmentt
hatcoul
dbeused
uptoLevel120.I
fonewerelucky,onecoul
dev engetFragment
edLegendaryi
tems.

Lessthanami nut
eaf t
ert
hesedozensoft
eamsbeganr
unni
ng,t
heyar
ri
vedbef
oret
hev
all
ey
wherethePt
erodacty
lwas.

However
,whentheseteamssawt
heEart
hfi
rePter
odact
yl,t
heygaspedinv
oluntar
il
y.TheWor l
d
Bossbef
orethem ri
ghtnowwascompl
etel
ydif
fer
entfr
om theEarthf
ir
ePterodacty
lstheyhad
seenbef
ore.

"
Whyi
sthi
sEar
thf
ir
ePt
erodact
ylsobi
g?"

"
Whydoesi
thav
eni
neHPbar
s?!
"

A50- meter-
tallpter
odactylwashover
inginsidethev al
ley.Thept erodactyl
'
sbodybur nedwi th
etherealf
lames,andi t
sflappi
ngwingsgeneratedpowerf ulgalesthatshreddedthesurrounding
terr
ain.Justitsroarwasenought osendpl ayer
sst umbl i
ngbackwar d.Ithadtransf
ormedt he
envir
onmenti ntoascorchingfi
eldt
hatcoul
dbur nplayer
swi t
hFi r
eResistancebelow400poi nts
toacr i
spinstantl
y.

(
Ear
thf
ir
ePt
erodact
yl(
Wor
ldBoss)
](My
thi
c,Real
m Lor
d)

Lev
el99

HP3,
300,
000,
000

Theplayer
sthatar
ri
v edbefor
ethevall
eyf
elli
ntof
earanddespai
rwhentheysawtheEart
hfi
re
Pter
odacty
l'
smassiveframe.Aft
eral
l,
theWorl
dBosshadfl
att
enedthet
err
ainwit
hjustaf
lapof
i
tswings.

Att hi
smoment ,theywould mostli
kelyturninto ashesjustbyappr
oachi
ng t
heEart
hfi
re
Pterodacty
l,l
etalonefight
ingit
.Infact,theyevendoubt edthatt
heTier3play
ersofthei
r
respecti
veGuil
dscouldgoupagainstt
hisbehemothbef or
ethem.

"Wai
t!It
'sinj
ured!
"aLev
el97,Ti
er2Rangerexcl
aimedaf
tercar
eful
lyi
nspect
ingt
heEar
thf
ir
e
Pter
odacty
l.

Atthi
sTier2Ranger
'sshout
,ev
eryonenot
icedthemanybone-
deepwoundsontheWor
ldBoss'
s
body.Theyr
eal
izedt
hattheWorl
dBosshadl esst
hanhal
fofit
sHPremaini
ng.

Whi
leev
ery
onewasshockedbytheEar
thf
ir
ePt
erodact
yl'
sinj
uri
es,
afi
gur
esuddenl
ydescended
t
owardt
heWorl
dBossfrom t
hesky.

Notonlydidthi
sfi
guresendaswor dli
ghtcut
ti
ngattheEart
hfir
ePt erodact
yl'
swing,butthe
swordli
ghtevencl
eavedthegr
ound,openi
nga150-y
ard-
longf
issure.Immediatel
yafter
ward,a
mindbl
owingnumberappear
edabovetheWorl
dBoss'
shead.

-
5,157,
624!

"
Overf
ivemi
ll
iondamagei
noneat
tack?
!IsheanNPC?
!"

"No.Al
thoughwecan'
tseehi
sinf
ormat
ion,t
hatper
sonhasapl
ayeri
conabov
ehi
shead.He
shoul
dbeaplayer
."

"How i
sthispossi
ble?
!How canapl
ayerbesost
rong?
!""
Ishet
ryi
ngt
osol
otheEar
thf
ir
e
Pter
odact
yl?
"

Theplay
erspr
esentcoul
dn'thel
pgapi
ngwhent
heysaw t
her
esul
tsoft
hesl
ash,t
hei
rmi
nds
ref
usi
ngtobel
iev
ethei
reyes.

Howev er,beforeany onepresentcouldsnapoutofthei

rdaze,thefi
gurethatat
tackedthe
Earthfi
re Pterodactylexecuted anot
her sl
ash wi
th hi
s sword.Immediat
ely
,a phantom
greatswordmani fest
edintheairandsl
iceddownont
heWor l
dBoss'
swing.

Sl
ash!

Thenextmoment,theEarthf
ir
ePt erodact
yll
etlooseaheaven-
shaki
ngshr
iekasoneofi
ts30-
meter
-l
ongwingsfellt
ot heground.Goldenbloodthenpour
edoutoftheWorl
dBoss'
swound,
spl
ashi
ngal
loverthegroundandcr eati
ngaseaoff l
ames.

-
31,
544,
734!
Thenextmoment
,theEar
thf
ir
ePt
erodact
yl'
sHPf
ellbyav
isi
blechunk."
Isheev
enhuman?
!"

"
Hedeal
tov
er30mi
ll
iondamagei
noneat
tack!Hecan'
tbehuman!
"

"
Monst
er!Thatper
sonmustbeahumanoi
dmonst
er!
"

Everyonepresentfel
lint
oadazeoncemor ewhentheysaw thedamagef r
om theunknown
person'
ssecondattack.Someplayer
sev
enpi
nchedt
heirownfaces,t
hinki
ngthatev
ery
thi
ngin
fr
ontofthem wasjustanil
lusi
on.

Howev
er,
theunknownassai
lanti
ntheai
rwasnotatal
lsur
pri
sedatt
hepowerofhi
sat
tack.

Sureenough,it
'seasi
ertomani pul
ateMana.Thebur denofusingLi ght
shadow i
sevenmuch
l
ess.AsexpectedoftheFearlessCabin.It
'snowonderallt
hosesuperpowershadsomanymore
Tier4expert
st hanfi
rst
-andsecond- rateGuil
ds.ShiFengsighedrueful
lyashelookedatt
he
denseManacondensedar oundtheAby ssalBl
ade.

Alt
houghtheFearl
essCabindidnoti mprov
ehisBasicAtt
ri
butes,i
tst
il
lincreasedhisov er
all
combatpowerbyatleast20%.Therefi
nementinhi
scontr
olovercombattechniquesandMana
Techni
queswasespeciall
ynotable.Wit
hhi sabi
li
tyt
ouse100% ofhi sment alstrengt
h,the
poweroftheset
echni
queshadrisentoawholenewlev
el.

Mor
eandmor
epeopl
ear
egat
her
ing.I
t'
saboutt
imeIf
ini
shedi
tandl
eftt
hispl
ace.

Aftergl
anci
ngatt
heEarthf
ir
ePt
erodact
yl,whi
chcoul
dnol
ongerf
ly,ShiFengi
mmedi
atel
yfl
ew
towardtheWor
ldBoss.

Uponseei
nghim,theEar
thf
irePter
odact
yll
etl
ooseanangr
yroarandusedi
tsst
rongestmov
e,
theTi
er4Ski
llEar
thf
ir
eRupture.

Thenextmoment,f
lamingrocksupt o40meter
sindiamet
erwentsmashi
ngtowardShiFeng
oneaf
teranot
her
.Evenspaceitsel
fshat
ter
edf
rom t
hepowerwi
thi
nthef
lamingr
ocks.

"
Ameani
ngl
essr
esi
stance!
"

ShiFengpoi
ntedt
heAby
ssalBl
adeatt
heoncomi
ngf
lami
ngr
ocks.Ti
er4LegacySki
ll
,Bl
ade
Domain!

I
mmediatel
y,magicswordsappearedaroundShiFengoneaft
eranot
her
.Theswor
dst
hen
t
urnedi
ntostr
eaksofl
ightast
heyshotattheoncomi
ngr
ocks.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Ashat
ter
edspacef
ormedabov
ethebat
tl
efi
eld.

Beforet hespectat
ing pl
ayerscouldret
urntotheirsenses,t
hemagicswor dshadalready
shatter
edallofthef l
amingrockstheEar
thf
ir
ePterodact
ylsummoned.Af
terward,moremagic
swordsf or
medar oundShiFengandsubsequent
lyshotattheWorl
dBossitsel
f.-21,
346,
544–
43,671,
216!

-
22,
457,
611!

Damagesexceeding 20 mi
ll
ion appear
ed abovethe Ear thfi
re Pt
erodact
yl'
shead one af
ter
another
.No mat t
erhow much theWor l
d Bossstruggled-even t
ot hepointofturni
ng t
he
surr
oundingsi
ntoaseaoffl
amesandv oidi
tsHPsti
lldecreasedr api
dly
.

Lesst hanaminutelat
er,t
heEar t
hfir
ePterodact
ylletoutonel
astagoni
zedscreechbefor
e
coll
apsingi
ntotheseaofflames.From st
arttoend,theWorl
dBosshadnotinf
li
ctedasingl
e
pointofdamageonShiFengatall
.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.
www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2747–Cr
azedEast
ernCont
inent

TheEart
hfir
ePterodact
ylcol
lapsedtothegroundandshooktheent
ir
ev al
ley
.However,despit
e
wit
nessi
ngtheWor l
dBoss'sdeath,noneoft
hespectat
ingpl
ayer
schargedfor
wardt
ot r
yt osteal
someofitsloot
.

Sil
enceenvel
opedt
hev
all
ey,asi
lencesoov
erwhel
mingt
hati
tfel
tasi
fti
mehadst
oppedi
nsi
de
theval
ley
.

Whenthevar
iousspectat
ingplay
ersl
ookedatthecloakedmanwiel
dingt
her
uni
cbl
ackswor
d,
f
earandawefil
ledt
heireyes.I
twasasift
heyhadjustseenagod.

"
Ishe…r
eal
lyapl
ayer
?".

Suchthought
ssur
facedi
nthespect
ati
ngpl
ayer
s'mi
ndsast
heyl
ookedatShiFenghov
eri
ngi
n
midai
r.

ShiFenghadkil
ledaLevel99Mythi
crankedWorl
dBoss,
justl
iket
hat.Rat
hert
hanaWorldBoss,
i
tlookedmorelikesomeEl i
temonst
erhefoundbyt
heroadsi
de,onethatwasut
ter
lyi
ncapabl
e
ofputt
ingupanyresi
stance.

"
Whoi
she?
"

"There'snowayaplayercanbethisstrong!That'
saLevel99Wor l
dBosswe'
retal
kingabout
!
Evena100- man,
Tier3team woul
dn'tnecessar
il
ybeabl
et otakei
tdown!HemustbeanNPCi n
disguise!
"

Whenlooki
ngatShiFeng' shov
eri
ngfigure,someplayer
sev
enhuggedthei
rheadsandbegan
l
aughi
ngmani acal
ly.Theysi
mplycoul
dn'tbri
ngthemselv
est
obel
ievet
hatsuchamassiv
egap
bet
weenplayerscouldexi
st.

Howev er
,ShiFengpai
dtheshockedplayersandthemaddenedplay
ersnoheedwhatsoev
er.
I
nstead,hear
ri
vedbesi
detheEar
thfi
rePter
odacty
l'
scor
pseandbegancol
lect
ingi
tsl
oot
.

God'sDomai nwasnotr ealit

y.Int hegamewor ld,justthegr adualaccumulati
onofBasi c
Attr
ibut
eswassuf fi
cienttot urnaplayerint
oamonst erintheey esofot herplay
ers,whatmor e
thequali
tativeimprovement sbroughtaboutbytierupgrades.Mor eov er
, t
herewasat wo-
tiergap
betweenShiFengandt hespect at
ingplayer
s.Intheey esofTier2pl ayers,Ti
er4player
swoul d
benodi fferentfr
om gods.I nf act
,aTi er4playercouldkillscadsofTi er2player
swi t
hj usta
fl
ickoftheirhand.

TheWor l
dBossShiFengfoughthadn'
tevenreachedLev
el100.I
nGod'
sDomai
n,monst
erst
hat
hadn'
treachedLev
el100coul
dn'tbeconsi
der
edst r
ongatal
l.

Otherwi
se,thevari
ousmajorpowerswouldn'tbecontest
ingsof rant
ical
lyf
orWorldBosses
belowLevel100.I
twaspreci
sel
ybecausethesepowerswereincapableofdef
eat
ingLev
el100-
pl
usWor l
dBossesthatt
heyhadtosett
leforpr
e-Lev
el100Wor l
dBosses.

Oh?Agoodpi
eceofEpicEqui
pmentdr
opped.ShiFengwassl
ight
lysur
pri
sedashel
ookedat
t
hesacr
edmagerobei
nhishands.

[
Whi
stl
ingLi
ghtRobe](
Clot
hAr
mor
,Epi
cRank)

Lev
el40–Lev
el110

Equi
pmentRequi
rement
:Int
ell
igence1,
500,
Vit
ali
ty1,
300

Def
ense+340(
Lev
el40)

St
rengt
h+20,
Agi
li
ty+24,
Int
ell
igence+63,
Vit
ali
ty+31,
Endur
ance+25;
I
gnor
eLev
els+4;

Def
ensi
veSki
ll
s+2Lev
els;

CastRangei
ncr
easedby20%;
Int
ell
igenceandVi
tal
it
yincr
easedby10%.

Addi
ti
onalPassi
veSki
ll1–

Spi
ri
tualLi
ght
:Whent heuser'
sConcent
rat
ionf
all
sbelow50%,Manaconsumpt
ioni
sreducedby
30%,andcast
ingspeedincr
easesby30%.Addi
ti
onalPassi
veSki
ll2

ManaArmor :Aut
omat
ical
lyabsor
bsManaina100-yar
dradi
ustopr
otecttheuser.I
mproves
Manapercepti
onby20%,incr
easesMagi
cResi
stanceby20%,andi
mprovesSpellef
fect
sby
20%.

Two-pi
ecesetef
fect
:Theupperl
evell
imi
tofal
lWhi
stl
ingLi
ghtsetpi
ecesi
sincr
easedt
oLev
el
150.

Four-
piecesetef
fect
:Al
lAt
tri
but
esar
eincr
eased by20%,and t
heef
fectofal
lSpel
lsi
s
i
ncreasedby20%.

Six-
pieceseteff
ect
:Gaintheprot
ecti
onofl
ight,i
mprovingphysi
queby30%andManaaffi
nit
yby
20%.GaintheManaHear tSki
ll
.Whenacti
vated,f
orci
blyelev
atesthest
rengt
hoft
heuser
'sMana
byonet i
erforoneminut
e.TheSkil
lhasaone-hourCooldown.

TheWhist
li
ngLightSethadsevenpi
ecesintotal.I
tcouldbeconsider
edtop-
ti
erevenamong
Epi
cSetEqui
pment.Solongasamagical
-cl
assplayerhadtwosetpi
eces,t
heycoul
dusetheset
unt
ilt
heyr
eachedLevel150.

IfTier4Gr eatWizardmanagedtogathersi
xpiecesoftheset,
theywouldbecomeadevastat
ing
existence.Itwouldn'
tbeanexagger
ationtosaythattheWhist
li
ngLightSetwasoneofthebest
setequi pmentformagical
-cl
asspl
ayersunderTier5.

However,
onl
yWor l
dBossesunderLev el150dr
oppedtheWhist
lingLightSet
.Thedr
op-
rat
ewas
al
sorandom.Hence,col
lect
ingaf
ullsetwouldbei
ncredi
blydi
ff
icult
.

IcangetFi reandt heot herst oraidWorldBossesunderLev el120mor ef r

equentl
y .I
fwecan
gatheraf ullset ,bei tVi oletorAquawhousest heset ,neitherwi llhavet oreplacet heir
equipmentbef orer eachingTi er5.WhenShiFengl ookedatt heWhi st
lingLightRobe,hef el
tthe
needt ocoll
ectt hef ul
lWhi stli
ngLightSet.IfVioletCloudorAquaRoseequi ppedt hef ul
lset
beforereachingTi er5,t heywoul dbecomeni gh-invi
ncibl
eagai nstTier4opponent s.ShiFeng
storedtheWhi stl
ingLi ghtRobeandcol l
ectedt her emainingitemst heEar t
hfi
rePt erodactyl
dropped.Besidest heWhi st
lingLightRobe,theLev el99Wor l
dBosshaddr oppedadozenpi eces
ofLev el100Dar k-GoldandFi ne-Gol
dWeaponsandEqui pment ,alargeamountofmat eri
als,
Magi cCryst
als,pot ionrecipes,etc.Afterputti
ngal ltheseitemsi nhisbagspace,hepr ompt l
y
fl
ewawayf r
om t hev all
ey .

Whenthevari
ousmajorpowers'
member ssawShiFengleavi
ng,theysighedinrel
ief
."Wi
tht
hat
l
ongswordandthatf
ri
ght
eningdest
ruct
ivepower
,heshouldbeBlackFlame, r
ight
?"

"ItaggedalongwithmyGui
ldexecut
ivest
owatcht her
eser v
eseatcompeti
tion.Thatguyindeed
l
ooksal otli
keBl
ackFl
ame.Theymustbet hesameper son.Bl
ackFlameisalsotheonlyknown
Tier4pl ayerint
hegamerightnow,andonlyTier4classescoul
dpossiblydisplaysuchscary
strength.
"

"
So,
he'
stheSwor
dKi
ng?I
sn'
theal
it
tl
etooamazi
ng!
?"

Aft
erShiFeng'sfigur
ewasoutofsi
ght,someoft hespectati
ngplayer
sguessedShiFeng'
s
i
denti
ty.Andi nnot i
meatall
,ev
ery
onepr esentbegantal
kingabouthim,thei
rdi
scussi
ons
becomingespeci
all
yheat
edwhent
hetopi
ctouchedonTier4classes.

Whent heplay
erspresentrecal
ledthesceneofShiFengchoppi
ngof
foneoft
heEar
thf
ir
e
Pt
erodact
yl'
swings,
theycouldn'
thel
pyear
ningt
oreachTi
er4.
Previ
ously
,noonehadaclearconceptofTi
er4cl
asses.Ev
ent hepl
ayerswhohadspect
atedthe
reser
veseatcompeti
ti
onattheWarGod' sTempledi
dnotf i
ndTier4classest
obeparticul
arl
y
amazing.Atmost
,Ti
er4existenceswerei
nvi
nci
bleamongTier3player
s.

Butnow,
ever
yonewast
rul
yshockedbyt
hest
rengt
hofTi
er4cl
asses.

ATier4pl
ayerhadactual
lysingl
e-handedl
ydef
eat
edaMy
thi
crankedWor
ldBoss.How coul
d
any
onenotyear
nforsuchstr
ength?

Ver
yqui
ckl
y,newsofShiFengsl
ayi
ngt
heEar
thf
ir
ePt
erodact
ylspr
eadacr
ossGod'
sDomai
n.

Afterthev ar
iousmaj orpowers'executi
veswatchedShiFeng' sbatt
lev i
deo,theygai
neda
newfoundappr eci
ati
onofTi er4classes.Si
mult
aneousl
y,theireyesburnedwithapassi
onate
fl
ameast heambiti
ont heyhadlostduetotheNPCs'upsurgenceretur
ned."Ti
er4!Mobil
izeal
l
avail
ablemanpoweri nt heGuil
dt ofindouthow Zer
oWi ngmanagedt ocompletetheTier4
PromotionQuest!"

"
Theer
aofTi
er3cl
assesi
sov
er!Fr
om nowon,
wehav
eonl
yonegoal
,andt
hati
sTi
er4!
"

"
Sol
ongaswecansecur
eour
sel
vesaTi
er4pl
ayer
,we'
l
lbeunst
oppabl
e!"

Forat i
me,t hevar
iouspowerssearchedfrant
icall
yforinformati
onrelati
ngtoTier4Legacies,
goi
ngasf arastry
ingtoplantspiesinZeroWi ng.Somesuper powersev endir
ectl
ycontact
ed
ZeroWi ng'
sexecuti
vesandoffer
edt opayastr
onomi calpr
icesforal
linformat
ionregar
dingTier
4classes.

Simul
taneousl
y,awav eofdiscussi
onsspr eadt hroughthev ar
iouskingdoms'andempi r
es'
for
ums.Justthev i
deoofShiFeng'sfightagainsttheEarthfi
rePter
odactylal
onehadgar nered
overabil
li
onviewsalready
.Every
oneont heforumsdi scussedwhatexactl
yTier4classeswer e,
whattheupperli
mitofthesecl
asses'combatpowerwas, andwhetheraTier4play
ercoul dsolo
aMy t
hicmonsterofthesamelevel.

Thet
opi
cofTi
er4sweptacr
osst
heent
ir
eeast
erncont
inent
,set
ti
ngof
facr
aze.

Meanwhil
e,af
terShiFenglefttheFieryRi
dge,messagepr
ompt
sandcal
lrequest
simmedi
atel
y
i
nundat
edhiscommuni cat
ioninter
face.

Atagl
ance,henot icedthatthemessagepr omptshadalreadyreachedtheupperl
imitof9,
999.
Hehadalsoreceivedsev er
alhundredcallr
equests.Moreover
,thiswaswithhisi
nter
facesett
o
aut
omati
call
yr eject communi cati
on from non-fri
ends.Wi t
hout thi
s block i
n place,his
communi
cationinterfacewouldprobabl
yhav ebl
ownup.

"Guil
dLeader,youreal
lycausedahugemesst hi
st i
me."WhenYoulanfi
nall
ymanagedt oget
throught
oShiFeng,shedidn'
tknowwhethertolaughorcry
."Theenti
rewor
ldisnowlooki
ngfor
Tier4LegacyLands.ZeroWinghasalsobecomet hetar
getofal
lthepower
s.Every
oneistry
ing
togetinf
ormati
onaboutTier4LegacyLandsfr
om us."

Curr
entl
y,al
lofZer oWi ng'
sexecuti
veswerebeingharassedbyt hev ar
iouspower
s.Youlan
her
selfhadbeencontact
edbyov er20super
powers,wi
theveryoneofthem off
eri
ngt
opurchase
i
nformati
onontheTier4Pr omot
ionQuestatast
ronomi
calpri
ces.

IfZer
oWi ngdidnotr espondtotheser
equests,i
twouldbeaki ntooff
endingal
loft
hese
super
powers.Att
hatt
ime, Zer
oWingwoul
dreal
lybeindangerofext
ermi
nat
ion.

"
Anaccident
.Itreal
lywasanacci
dent
,"ShiFengsai
dapol
oget
ical
ly
."Idi
dn'
texpectsomet
hing
l
iket
histohappen,ei
ther
."

Hehadonl ythoughtt
ot r
youttheFearlessCabi n'
sef f
ects.Hehadnotant i
cipatedsucha
devel
opment.Nottomenti
on,f
rom acer
tainperspect
ive,theFear
lessCabi
n'sef
fectsweretr
uly
ast
onishi
ng"Whatshoul
dwedonow? "Youlanasked,f r
owning."I
fwer ef
useallofthem,we'l
l
makeanenemyoutofev er
ysuper
poweront heeaster
ncont i
nent.
"

Aft
ergi
vingthemattersomethought
,ShiFengsai
d,"
Howaboutthis?AnnouncethatZer
oWing
i
s wil
li
ng to sel
linfor
mati
on on the Ti
er4 Promoti
on Quest
.Howev er,the pri
ce oft
he
i
nfor
mat
ioni
s5,
000uni
tsofSev
enLumi
nar
iesCr
yst
als!
"

"
Fiv
ethousanduni
ts?Gui
ldLeader
,isn'
tthi
sal
it
tl
e…"Youl
angapedatShiFeng'
spr
ice.

Thepri
cet agof5,
000uni
tsofSevenLuminari
esCr
yst
alalr
eadywentbey
ondgougi
ng.ShiFeng
wasbasicall
yaski
ngthev
ari
oussuperpowerst
ohandoverthei
rli
ves!

A superpowercouldbeconsi deredweal
thyiftheyevenhad3,000or4, 000unitsofSev en
Luminari
esCr yst
alonhand.Wi thmanysuperpower
shavingpart
ici
patedintherecentreserve
seatcompet i
ti
on,theydefini
telywouldhavemuchf ewerSevenLuminari
esCrystal
sav ail
able
thanbefore.Hence,thepr
iceof5, 000uni
tsofSevenLuminar
iesCry
stalwouldbebey ondmost
superpowersri
ghtnow.

"Justnoti
fyt
hem,
"ShiFenginst
ruct
ed,havingnointent
ionwhat
soeverofcompr
omisi
ng."
I'
ve
alr
eadysetmypri
ce.Asf ort
hei
rwill
ingnesstopurchasethei
nfor
mation,t
hati
snoneofour
business.
"

"
Alr
ight
,butIwon'
tcar
eforwhathappensnext
,"Youl
ansai
dasshenoddedherheadhel
plessl
y.

Af
ter
war
d,shepubl
ici
zedShiFeng'
spr
icet
othev
ari
ouspower
s.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2748–Bet
tert
oDi
eonYourFeetThanLi
veonYourKnees

Neut
ralMap,
Cri
msonRai
nFor
est
:

Inafor
estwherecr
imsonr ai
npoured,ateam of1,
000Tier3pl
ayer
swasf
rant
ical
lyf
ight
inga
hor
deofover10,
000Level120-pl
usBloodt
hir
styBeast
s.

Eventheweakestoft
heseBloodt
hir
styBeast
swer
eLev
el121Chi
eft
ains,whi
let
hest
rongest
wereLevel126Gr
andLor
ds.

Ont
hepl
ayer
s'si
de,
shi
eld-
wiel
dingGuar
dianKni
ght
sandShi
eldWar
ri
orsst
oodi
nthef
oref
ront
.

Ont heBl oodthirstyBeasts'side,I ron-armoredBeast s,whosest r

engthl ayi nthei rDef ense,
spear headedachar geagainsttheGuar dianKnightsandShi eldWar r
iors.Af t
erthef i
rstgr oupof
Iron-armoredBeast scompl et
edt heirrammi ngat t
ack,anot hergroupwoul dimmedi atelyf oll
ow
i
nanendl essl oop.Meanwhi le,t heHer culeanBeast sst andingatt her earoft heBl oodt hi
rsty
Beast s'for
mat i
onwoul duproott hecr i
msont r
eesar oundt hem andhur lthet r
eesatt hepl ayers,
thet reesdy ei
ngt heskyanext rat intofr ed.TheBl oodt hir
styBeasts'terrif
yingformat ionwas
onet hatevenTi er3pl ayersaccust omedt ogr oupbat t
leswoul dbeaf raidof .OrdinaryTi er3
player swouldn'triskafrontalconf rontati
onwi t
ht hesemonst ers.Howev er,despit
ef acingsuch
af ierceandr ut hlessassault,the1, 000-mant eam fightingt heBloodthirst
yBeast sr emai ned
unfazed.

"
We'veat
tractedenough!Magi
calt
eam,at
tack!
"av
ali
ant
,long-
hair
edwomanstandi
ngneart
he
f
ront
li
neoft heteam commandedasmoreandmoreBloodthi
rst
yBeast
sgat
heredaroundt
he
t
eam.

I
mmedi atel
y,t
hesev eralhundr
edmagi cal
-classpl
ayersstandingatthecent
eroftheteam's
format
ionbeganchantingcomplexi
ncantati
onssimult
aneously.Ever
yver
sethepl
ayer
schanted
drewmoreoftheambi entMana,makingitstr
ongerandmorev i
olent.

Foursecondslater,t
hegroundbegant oshakevi
olent
ly.Hugecracksthenappeared500yar
ds
away fr
om t hese magical-
class play
ers,ri
ghtundert he Bl
oodthi
rsty Beast
s,causi
ng t
he
monsters'
for
mat iontocol
lapseinstantl
y.

"
Swor
dsmen and Ber
ser
ker
s,open a pat
h!Ranger
s and Assassi
ns,pr
ior
it
ize ki
ll
ing t
he
Bl
oodt
hir
styChi
eft
ainscommandi
ngt
hemonst
ers!
"

Uponseei
ngtheBloodt
hir
styBeasts'
formati
on'
scol
lapse,t
helong-
hair
edwomanhadtheteam
di
sper
seintomul
ti
pleunit
sandpriori
ti
zekil
li
ngt
heBloodthi
rst
yBeaststhatl
edt
hehor
de.

Asf
orthelong-
hair
edwoman,li
keademoni
ntheni
ght
,shei
nst
ant
lyappear
edbehi
ndasev
en-
met
er-
tal
l,
Level126Gr
andLord.

Thenextmoment ,shebrandishedthedaggersshewiel
ded,theweaponsdi
stort
ingspaceand
repeatedl
ystabbi
ngt heGrandLord'
sbackov eradozent
imes.Ever
ystabi
nfl
ict
edov er-500,
000
damage,t heseri
esofat t
acksi nst
antl
yplunderi
ngnear
ly8,000,
000HPf r
om theBl oodthi
rst
y
Chieft
ain.

Aft
erthesuccessf
ulatt
ack,darknessenv
elopedt
helong-hai
redwoman'sbody .Thi
scl
oakof
dar
knessthenexpandedtoenveloptheGr
andLordent
ir
elybefor
erapi
dlyrecondensi
ngi
nfr
ont
ofi
t.

Psh!Psh!Psh!

Bloodsuddenl yspurtedfrom theBl

oodthi
rst
yChi eftai
n'
sf ourl
imbs.Notonlydi
dit
smobili
tyget
reducedsignificant
ly,butitsHPwasev enfalli
ngatar ateof700,000persecond.Thethree
Level124Gr eatLordr ankedBloodt
hir
styGuardsnear byfacedsimi
larfat
es.Bl
oodgushedoutof
thei
rli
mbs, andt hei
rmobi li
typlummetedasiftheirbodieshadbecomef r
ozen.

Aft
eraround15moremi
nutesofbattl
e,t
hisBl
oodthir
styChi
eft
ainandt
hreeBl
oodt
hir
styGuar
ds
col
lapsedtot
hegr
ound,
theli
feinthei
reyesvani
shing

Meanwhil
e,theotherBloodthi
rstyBeastsont hebattl
efi
eldwereal
somost lydead.Thei
tems
t
heydroppedwerestrewnallov erthepl
ace.Howev er
,noneofthecombatantschosetopi
ckup
t
heseit
ems.Inst
ead, t
heycontinuedadvancingdeeperint
otheCri
msonRai nForesti
nanorder
ly
manner,
leav
ingbehindaf ewpar t
iesofAssassi
nstocleanupthebatt
lef
iel
d.

Atthisti
me,a Level119 f emale Guar
dian Kni
ghtapproached the long-
hai
red woman i
n
commandoftheteam.Shethensaidquiet
ly,"
ViceGui
ldLeader,newsjustcamefrom Zer
oWing.
Theysayt
hey
'rewil
li
ngtosellinf
ormati
onont heTi
er4PromotionQuest .
"

"Oh?He'
sactual
lywi
ll
ingt
osel
lthei
nfor
mat
ion?
"Col
dShadow wassur
pri
sedt
ohearWhi
te
Feat
her
'swor
ds.

I
nheropi
nion,
theinf
ormat
ionontheTi
er4Pr omot
ionQuestwasShiFeng'
sgreat
estt
rumpcar
d
i
nGod'
sDomai n.I
twassomethi
nghedefi
nit
elywouldnotsel
ltoot
herpeopl
e.

"Hei
swill
ingt
osell,
butthepri
cehedemandsisincr
edi
blyhi
gh,
"Whi
teFeat
hersai
dwi
thanugl
y
expr
essi
on,emphasi
zingthewords"
incr
edi
blyhi
gh."

"
Incr
edi
blyhi
gh?
"Chuckl
ing,
Col
dShadowasked,
"Howmuchdoeshewant
?"

"Fi
vet housanduni
tsofSev
enLumi nariesCryst
al,
"Whit
eFeatherrepl
iedi
nal owt
one."
ShiFeng
obviouslyhasnoint
enti
onofsel
li
ngt hatinf
ormati
on!He'
sclearl
yjustmessi
ngwit
hus!"

"Fiv
et housandunit
s?Her eall
yknowshow tosetapri
ce,
"Col
dShadow said,smi
li
ng."I
'm
guessingthatthosesuperpowersar
ef umi
ngatZeroWingatt
hispoi
nt.They'
llmostl
ikel
y
disregar
dallcost
sandtakeacti
onagai
nstZer
oWing.
"

"That'sforsur
e.There'
snowayt hosesuperpowerscanaffor
dtopay5,
000uni
tsofSeven
Lumi nar
iesCryst
al.I
ftheywantt hatinfor
mation,thei
ronl
yopti
oni
stoworktoget
herand
declarewaronZeroWing,"Whi
teFeathersai
d,nodding.

ShiFeng wasbasicall
yt r
eat
ing thevari
oussuperpower
sasf ool
sbydemandi
ng such an
exor
bit
antpr
ice.Thevari
oussuperpower
swouldbeinsanetogoal
ongwi
thhi
m.

"
Fine.Goandnot
if
yZer
oWi
ngt
hatI
'
m buy
ingi
t!
"Col
dShadowsai
d,smi
li
ng.

"
You'
rebuy
ingi
t?"Whi
teFeat
her
'sey
eswi
denedi
mmedi
atel
yasshest
aredatCol
dShadowi
n
disbeli
ef."ViceGui l
dLeader ,that'
s5,000uni t
sofSev enLumi nariesCr
ystal
swe' r
et alki
ng
about!"Whi l
eMy t
hologycouldi ndeeddisburse5,000uni t
sofSev enLuminari
esCr yst
als,it
woul dsti
llsuff
erfrom theloss.Nott omention,theGui
ld'shigher-
upskeptreit
erat
ingthatthe
Sev enLumi nari
esCr ystalwast heGui l
d'
smosti mpor
t antresourceandmustnotbeused
randoml y
.

"That
'sri
ght
!I'
m buy
ingit
!"Col
dShadownodded.Shet
henaskedWhi
teFeat
her
,"Doy
out
hink
ZeroWing'
speopl
earefool
s?"

Aft
ergivi
ngthematt
ersomet
hought
,Whi
teFeat
heranswer
ed,"
Theyshoul
dn'
tbe,butt
hey
're
st
il
ltooarr
ogant
!"

Yes.ZeroWi ngwasar roganttothebones.TheGui l

dwasnott aki
ngt hev
arioussuperpowers
seri
ouslyatal l
." That
'senough,t hen.Sincethey '
renotfools,theyshouldbeawar eoft he
consequences ofpul li
ng such a stunt.
"I n a sli
ghtl
yresentfultone,Cold Shadow added,
"Al
thoughIdetestZer oWi ng,
thefactthatZeroWi nghassur
viveduntilnowshowst hatt
heGuild
i
sn'tassimpl easwet hinkitis.EvenSi rOdingav euponki ll
ingShiFeng.Youcant el
lhow
extr
aordi
naryhei s."

"Butthat
's5,
000unit
sofSev enLuminar
iesCryst
al!
"WhiteFeat
hercoul
dn'
thel
prepeat
ing
hersel
f."
TheGui
lddef
ini
tel
ywon'
tagr
eetothi
str
ansacti
on.
"

"Ial
readysai
dthatIwouldbuyit,nottheGuil
d,"Col
dShadowsai
d,shaki
ngherhead."
So,we
don'
tneedtoworryaboutwhatt
heGuildwil
lsayaboutthi
s."

"Vi
ceGuildLeader,i
fyoubuyit,you'
l
lbegivi
ngawayalltheSev
enLumi nar
iesCr
ystal
syou'v
e
savedtoZeroWing."Whi
teFeatherwasevenmoreshockedatColdShadow'
swords.Hurr
iedl
y,
shewarned,"I
nt hi
scase,I
'm afr
aidyouwil
lhavetopostponebecomingtheFir
stViceGuil
d
Leaderi
ndefi
nit
ely.
"

SevenLuminari
esCrystal
shadalwaysbeenveryi
mport
anttoMy t
hol
ogy.Hence,Col
dShadow
hadconst
antlybeenstockpi
li
ngt
hecryst
alssi
nceear
lyonsothatshecoul
dcontri
but
ethem t
o
theGui
ldduri
ngacr i
ti
calmomentandhavetheGui
ldr
ecogni
zeherval
ue.

Howev
er,
ifCol
dShadowusedupherent
ir
est
ockpi
le,
gai
ningr
ecogni
ti
onwoul
dbedi
ff
icul
t.

"Whil
eSevenLumi nar
iesCryst
alsareindeedi mportant
,gett
ingpr omotedtoTi
er4ismuchmore
i
mpor t
antrightnow."Gazingatt heendl esscrimsonf or
estaheadofher ,Col
dShadow sai
d
seri
ousl
y,"TheplacesTier3pl ayer
scanv i
sitaretoolimited.Onlyafterr
eachi
ngTier4can
play
ersventureintomorev al
uablelocations.Hence,ourf i
r stpri
ori
tynow i
storeachTi
er4.
Then,wecaneasilyearnbackthosecrystals!
"

Inreal
it
y,ColdShadowfel
text
remel yupsetbyShiFeng'sact
ions;shewantednot
hingmorethan
togivehim afewhundr
eddeathsrightnow.Howev er
,inthecurrentGod'
sDomain,onl
yShiFeng
knewhowt ogetpromotedtoTier4quicklyandt
heexactdetailsoftheTi
er4Promot i
onQuest
.

Get
tingherhandsont
hisi
nfor
mat
ionwoul
dbeequi
val
entt
osecur
ingher
sel
fanabsol
ute
adv
antage.

Afterall,she had r eached Level120 al r

eady With Zer
o Wi ng'
sinformation,she coul d
undoubtedl
yreachTi er4aheadofev eryoneelseint
heGui l
d.Shecouldbet hef i
rsttov enture
i
ntoplacesthatplayerscur r
entl
yconsideredtabooandcontinuousl
ystr
engthenher sel
f.Att hat
ti
me,ev en becoming t he str
ongestexpertofMy t
hology'
sy oungergenerat
ion woul dn'tbe
i
mpossible.

"Iunder
stand.I'
llmaket henecessarypr
epar
ati
onsnow."Seei
ngt hedet
erminati
oni nCol
d
Shadow'
sey es,Whit
eFeatherunder
stoodt
hatt
herewasnot
hingshecoul
dsaytodissuadeCol
d
Shadowfrom herdecisi
on.

Atpresent,t
hev ar
ioussuper
powersshoul
dalreadyhaveplay
ersatLev
el120.IfColdShadow
coul
dr eachTier4aheadofever
yoneel
se,herauthor
it
yint
heGuil
dwoulddef
ini
telyi
ncrease.

Ofcour
se,
Col
dShadowwasal
somaki
ngagambl
e.
Shewasbetti
ngthatZer
oWingwouldnotlosetothevari
oussuper
power
sandt hatZeroWi
ng
coul
dsur
viv
et heupcomi
ngbat
tl
e.I
nthatcase,shewoul
dobtai
nanabsol
uteadv
ant age.

Howev
er,
Whi
teFeat
herwasn'
tawar
eofhowcr
azyCol
dShadowact
ual
lywas.

InCol
dShadow'
sopini
on,i
tdidnotmatterwhet
herZer
oWi ngcoul
dsur
viv
eornot
.Shewoul
dbe
sat
isf
iedsol
ongasshecouldgetherhandsonthi
soppor
tunit
y.

Or
cEmpi
re,
Sil
ver
wingCi
ty:

"Dammit!ZeroWingisclear
lytoy
ingwi
thus!
""That'
sright
!Wearekindl
yof f
eri
ngt
opur
chase
hisi
nfor
mat i
onontheTier4Promoti
onQuest
,yethe'
srepayi
ngusl
ikethi
s!"

"Let
'sj
ustj
oinhands.Sol
ongaswej
oinf
orcest
ohi
nderZer
oWi
ng'
soper
ati
ons,Zer
oWi
ngwi
ll
havetoyi
eldtous.
"

"
Yes.Wi
thourcombi
nedst
rengt
h,t
her
e'snochancewhat
soev
ert
hatZer
oWi
ngwi
llsur
viv
e."

Manyoft he super
powersoperat
ing in Si
lver
wing Citysecret
lycame t
o an agr
eementto
suppr
essZero Wing.Theybegant arget
ing Zero Wing'
smember stoforceZero Wi
ng i
nto
obedi
ent
lysur
renderi
ngthei
nfor
mat i
onont heTier4PromotionQuest
.

Meanwhi
le,
insi
deZer
oWi
ng'
sResi
dence,
ShiFengr
ecei
vedacal
lfr
om YuanTi
exi
n.

"Gui
ldLeaderBl ackFlame,y ou'
vegonetoofarthi
sti
me.Ev enifyouwantt oselltheTier4
Promotion Quest'
si nfor
mat i
on,you coul
d'
vejustasked for1,000 uni
ts.Ibel i
eve most
superpowerswoul dbewi l
li
ngt opaysuchapri
ce.Youwil
lalsogettomakeabi gpr ofi
t.Why
musty ou haveZer o Wing makean enemyoutoft hesuperpower
s?"Yuan Tiexi
n saidin
exasperat
ion.

Forthev arioussuper powers,payi

ng5,000unit
sofSev enLumi nari
esCr yst
alswasaki nt o
for
kingov erthei
rlives.Howev er,apr
iceofonly1,000uni
tswouldst i
llbepalatabletomany
superpowers.Atthatt i
me,notonlywouldZeroWingearnabunchofSev enLuminariesCry
stal
s,
butthevar i
oussuper powersalsowoul
dn'tseekt
roublewi
thZeroWi ng.Itwoul
dbet hebestof
bothworlds.

Yet
,ShiFenghadchosent
otaket
hewor
stpossi
bleact
ion.

"
Makeenemi es?
"Chuckli
ng,ShiFengsaid,"
Inev
eri nt
endedtobecomeenemi eswit
hthem.Al so,
y
ou'r
e wrong aboutone thing,ElderYuan.Theyar ethe ones forci
ng Zer
o Wing to sell
i
nfor
mati
onont heTier4Promot i
onQuest.Wear en'
tsell
ingitbecausewewantt o.I
'v
egi ven
t
hem myprice.I
ftheycan'
taffor
dit,howisi
tmyf ault
?"

"Whatyousayi si ndeedcor rect

…"YuanTi exi
nnat ur
all
yunder stoodShiFeng'st akeont his
sit
uat
ion.Howev er,Zero Wi ng's ci
rcumstances werei nf
eriortot he vari
ous superpower s'
.
Meanwhile,hav
ingweal t
hwi thoutthestrengthnecessarytopr ot
ectitbecameasi n."Butthose
super
power swon'tshareyourwayoft hi
nking.Theywi l
ldefi
nitel
ycooper at
einsecrettotarget
ZeroWing'smember s.Atthattime,ZeroWi ng'
smember swillshedar iv
erofblood.
"

Thevar
ioussuperpowersmightbeincapabl
eofbreakingthr
ought
hedefensesofZer
oWi ng'
s
Gui
ldCi
tiesri
ghtnow,buthavi
ngpeopletar
getZer
oWi ng'
smembersouti
nthefiel
dswoul
dbea
pi
eceofcake.

Ther
ewasnowayZer
oWing'
smember scouldavoi
dgoingouttogri
ndforl
evel
s.Ther
ewas
al
sonowayZer
oWi
ngcoul
dhavepeakexper
tsescor
tandprot
ectev
eryGui
ldmember.

Oncethevar
ioussuper
power
stookact
ion,Zer
oWi
ngwoul
dev
ent
ual
lyl
osemember
sinl
arge
numbers.

Asf
orZer
oWi
ngr
etal
iat
ingagai
nstt
hev
ari
oussuper
power
s?

The superpower
s'scheme wasn'
tgoing to be somethi
ng as strai
ghtf
orward as a fr
ontal
conf
rontati
on.I
nstead,t
heywoul
dbetakingcovertact
ionagainstZeroWing.Inthatcase,how
coul
dZer oWingpossibl
ydet
ermi
newhichsuperpowerwasactuall
ytakingact
ionagainsti
t?
Moreover
,eveni
fZer
oWi ngmanagedtoident
ifythesuper
powersr
esponsibl
efortheat
tacks,
wi
ththerebei
ngsomanysuper
powers,
couldShiFengpossi
blywi
nagai
nstthem al
l?

Hewoul
dexhausthi
msel
ftodeat
hjustbyr
unni
ngaboutt
henumer
ousmaps!

However
,inr
esponset
oYuanTi
exi
n'
swor
ds,ShiFengsai
dcal
mly
,"We'
l
lshedr
iver
sofbl
ood,
t
hen!
"

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2749–Ti
er4Pr
omot
ionQuest
’sSecr
et

"
Thi
sismadness.Hehast
rul
ygonemad.
"

Aft
erhangi ngupthecal
l,YuanTiexi
nfel
lspeechl
ess.Heneverthoughtt
hatShiFengwouldbe
so stubborn.ShiFeng clear
ly coul
d'
ve set
tl
ed thi
ngs easi
ly so l
ong as he made some
concessions,y
ethehadadamantlyref
usedtodoso.

"Uncl
eYuan,manyoft hosesuper
powershav ealr
eadybegunjoi
ningfor
ces.Whentheyf
indout
thatZer
oWi ngisunwi
lli
ngtoconcedeatall
,theywil
ldef
ini
tel
ytakeacti
on,
"Purpl
eJadesai
das
shereadtherepor
thersubordi
nat
ejustsenther.

Zer
oWi
ng'
spr
esentsi
tuat
ioncoul
dbesai
dtobev
erybad.

Accor dingtot hereport,over15superpower shadal r

eadyagreedt owor ktogethertodealwi th
ZeroWi ng"Forgetit.Hecandowhat everhewant s.Thecl
ashbet weenthev ari
oussuperpower s
andZer oWi ngwi l
lmostl i
kelydr
agonf orsomet ime.Aft
erall,ZeroWi ng'sthreecit
iesaret oo
diff
iculttotakedown.We' l
lseewhocanl astunti
ltheend,
"YuanTi exi
nsai d,shakinghishead.A
gli
mmerofl ightthenf l
ashedinhisey esashecont i
nued,"Also,west i
llhavemor eimportant
mat terst o dealwi th.Ifwe succeed i nt hi
supcomi ng operati
on,the Secr etPav i
li
on can
thoroughl ysurpasst hevari
oussuperpower s.Atthatti
me,event heFiveGr eatSuperGuildswi l
l
havet of earus."

"Mhm.I'
l
lmaket henecessar
ypr
epar
ati
ons,
"Pur
pleJadesai
d,herey
essi
mil
arl
yfi
ll
edwi
thj
oy
andexci
tement
.

Ti
er4hadnev
erbeent
heendofGod'
sDomai
n.I
nst
ead,
itwasonl
ythebegi
nni
ng.

TheSecretPavi
li
onhadbeenwai
ti
ngf
ort
hismomentf
orf
art
ool
ong.Now,
itcoul
dfi
nal
lyf
ulf
il
l
i
tslong-
cheri
shedwish.

Dar
kNi
ghtEmpi
re,
Star
li
nk'
sResi
dence:

"Hahaha!Good!That'
swhatZeroWingshoul
ddo!That
'sr
ight
!Goandthor
oughl
yoffendt
hose
superpower
s!"LuXingl
uol
aughedhappi
lywhenher
ecei
vednewsofZer
oWing'
sacti
ons.

Prev
iousl
y,hehadhadahugeheadacheov erhowt
odealwithZeroWi
ng.However
,ZeroWi
ng
hadactual
lytakent
heini
ti
ati
vetooffendevenmor
esuperpowers.Wi
tht
his,hewoul
dhavea
mucheasiert
imedestr
oyi
ngZeroWing.

AsLuXingluowascel
ebrat
ingi
njoy
,ar
obustmancov
eredi
naBl
ackCl
oakandr
uni
cbandages
suddenl
yenter
edhi
soffi
ce.

"Sorr
yf orthel
ongwai
t,YoungMast
erLu,
"therobust
,mi
ddl
e-agedmansai
dashearr
ivedbefor
e
LuXi ngluo.Hethenconti
nuedinalow tone,"Wehav
eresolvedmostoft
hetroublesther
e
alr
eady.Wear eonl
ywaiti
ngfory
oursi
denow. "

"
Good!Youcameatt
heper
fectt
ime!Thi
sti
me,ev
ent
heheav
enswantZer
oWi
ngdead!
"Lu
Xi
ngl
uogr ewev enmoreexci
tedwhenhelookedatthemyst
eri
ousmiddl
e-agedman."
Leav
eitt
o
me."
I'
lldefi
nit
elyper
suadethoseol
dfel
lowstogiv
ey out
hei
rful
lhel
p."

"Thankyou,YoungMasterLu,
"ther
obustmansaid."
Solongasthi
soperat
ionsucceeds,
thel
ord
ofourhouseholdwi
llal
soassi
stYoungMasterLuinquel
li
ngal
lyourenemies!
"

"Ibel
iev
eyou.Af
teral
l,noonehasabet
terunder
standi
ngofGod'
sDomai
nthany
ouguy
sri
ght
now,"LuXi
ngl
uosaid,
smili
ng.

Beitthi
srobustmanortheper sonbacki
nghim,LuXingl
uopl acedimmensetr
usti
nt hem.Inthe
eyesofthesepeopl
e,thevari
oussuperpowerswerenegli
gibl
e.Givenenoughti
me,thesepeople
coul
dev entakeontheFiv
eGr eatSuperGui
ldssimult
aneously.Thi
swasbecausetheFiveGreat
SuperGuil
dsdidnotunderst
andGod' sDomainatal
l.Whattheyknewnowwasonl ythetipofthe
i
ceberg.

Or
cEmpi
re,
Zer
oWi
ng'
sResi
dence:

"Gui
ldLeader,asidefrom oneperson,nosuperpowerhassteppedf or
wardtopurchaset he
i
nformationontheTier4Promoti
onQuest ,
"Youl
ansaid.AsshewatchedShiFengcasual
lysort
theinformati
onont heTier4Pr omot i
onQuest,herheadt hr
obbed."Judgi
ngbyt heot her
superpowers'
acti
ons,t
heydon'
tplantobuyit.
"

Sincethesesuperpowershadnoint
ent
ionofpur
chasi
ngt
hei
nfor
mat
ion,t
hei
rnextact
ionwas
obvious—theywouldfi
ghtfori
t.

Theywouldfightawarofat t
rit
ionthatwouldl
astdaysandweeks.Meanwhil
e,Zer
oWi ng'
s
opponentt
histi
mewoul dnolongerbejustoneortwosuper
powers.I
nst
ead,al
mostalloft
he
east
ernconti
nent
'ssuper
powerswouldbecomeZeroWing'
senemi
es.

"
Ther
e'sact
ual
lyaf
oolt
ryi
ngt
obuyi
t?"ShiFengwassur
pri
sedwhenhehear
dYoul
an'
swor
ds.

Tr
uthful
ly
,he had neveronce t
houghtt
hatany ofthe superpowers would pur
chase hi
s
i
nfor
mat i
onatthepr i
cehequoted.Hewassor t
ingthr
ought heinfor
mat i
onont heTier4
Pr
omot i
onQuestonl
ybecausehi
sownGuil
dneededit
.

Afterall,qui
teafewZeroWi ngmember sal
readypossessedthestr
engt handlevelrequi
redto
challengethei
rTier4PromotionQuest
.Allt
heylackedwastheknowl edgeofhowt osearchfor
theirrespect
iveTi
er4LegacyLandsandtheprocessofobtai
ningt
heirTier4Legacies.

"…"Youlanwasmoment ari
lyr
enderedspeechl essbyShiFeng' sresponse.Af t
erhesitat
ingfora
moment ,shesaid,"Youknowt hi
sper son,GuildLeader.""Iknowt hem?I sittheSecretPav i
li
on's
YuanTiexin?"Aft
ergi vi
ngthemat t
ersomet hought ,ShiFengf eltthatamonghi sacquaintances,
onlytheSecr etPav i
li
on'sYuanTiexincouldaf for
dt opur chasehi sinfor
mat i
on.Asf orFrost
Heaven,theGui l
dhadj ustpart
icipatedint her eserv
eseatcompet it
ion.Itdefi
nitelydidnot
possess5,000unitsofSev enLuminariesCrystalsatthispoint.

"
No,i
t'
sMy thology
'sColdShadow,"Youl
ansaid,shaki
ngherhead.Shet
henaskedhesi
tant
ly,
"
Gui
ldLeader,areyour
eall
ypl
anningtosel
litt
oher?"

Duetot her eser

veseatcompet
it
ion,ZeroWi ngwasnow onMythol
ogy
'sr
adar
.Ift
heysol
d
i
nfor
mat i
on on t he Ti
er4 Promotion Questto Myt
hol
ogy now,itwoul
d be i
ncr
edi
bly
di
sadvantageousforZer
oWing.

"Ofcourse.Whywouldn'
tIsellit
?"ShiFengansweredwit
houthesitat
ion."Wealreadyannounced
ourint
entiontodobusiness.Sincewesaidwewoul dselltheinf
ormat i
on,wenat ural
lycan'tgo
backonourwor d.Ot
herwise,thevari
oussuperpowerswi
llhaveevenmor ereasont otargetus.
"

Hewasi
nur
gentneedofSev
enLumi
nar
iesCr
yst
alsr
ightnow.

Althoughhehadsomemet hodsf orobtai

ningalar
geamountoft hecryst
al,t
hesemet hods
requiredalotoftimetoexecute.Hewasn'tcert
ainhecouldcol
lectenoughSevenLumi nari
es
Crystalst
osurpassthetopthr
eer anker
softheUpperZone'
scont
ributi
oncompetit
ionwi
thinthe
nexttwomont hs.Atbest,
hecouldsecureoneofthetop20posi
ti
ons.
Gai
ning5,
000uni
tsofSev
enLumi
nar
iesCr
yst
alnowwoul
dsav
ehi
m al
otoft
roubl
e.

"Howev er
,WhiteFeat
herhasst
atedt
hatwecannotment
ionthi
stransact
iontoany
bodyelse,
"
Youlansaid."
Theywantthi
stobeasecr
etbet
weenonl
yourtwosides.Theyal
sowantt
osigna
contractt
othi
seffect
."

"Thatwon'tbeapr obl
em.Eveniftheydidn'
tsuggestit
,wewould'
veaskedthem tosigna
confi
denti
ali
tyagr
eementt
hatrest
ri
ctsthem fr
om shari
ngthei
nfor
mati
onwithoutsi
der
s,"Shi
Fengsaid.

I
nfor
mationontheTier4Pr omot i
onQuestwasl i
keahotpot at
or i
ghtnow.Anyoneholdi
ngit
woul
dbest r
uckwithmisfortune.EvenaSuperGuil
dlikeMythol
ogywouldn'
tbesafe.Hence,i
t
wasver
ynormalforMythologynottowantoutsi
derstofi
ndoutaboutthi
str
ansact
ion.

"Makeacopyofever
ythi
nghereandgiv
ei tt
othem,"ShiFengi
nst
ruct
edashehandedt
he
compil
edi
nfor
mat
ionontheTi
er4Promoti
onQuestt
oYoulan.

"
Ever
ythi
ng?
"Youl
anwassur
pri
sedt
ohearShiFeng'
swor
ds.

Theplay
ersofGod'sDomainwer est
il
lignorantoftheTier4Promot
ionQuest
.Infact
,evenZer
o
Wing'
smember sknewnothingaboutit
.Iftheysoldallt
hisinf
ormat
iont
oMy t
hology,t
hatwoul
d
beaki
ntothrowingawayallthei
radv
antages.

"Mhm.Ev er
ything."ShiFengnodded." Si
ncetheot herpart
yiswi l
li
ngt opayanastronomical
priceforthisinformat ion,Inatural
lywon'tbestingy.Nottoment i
on,thesecrett
ot heTier4
Promot i
onQuesti sn'tasecr etatall.Oncethevarioussuperpowerslearnabouti
t,wecanl et
them knowhowr idiculoustheirfant
asiesaboutt
hesecr etar
e."

I
nfor
mationontheTi
er4Pr
omot
ionQuestwasi
ndeedi
ncr
edi
blypr
eci
ous.Att
hev
eryl
east
,that
wasthecasenow.

However
,once one ofthe vari
ous superpower
s'exper
ts successf
ull
yreached Ti
er4,t
he
i
nfor
mati
onhewassel l
ingwouldbewor t
hless.

Yes.Itdi
dn'
tmat t
erhowmuchi nf
ormati
onhepr ov
idedabouttheTier4PromotionQuest.The
realv
alueofhisi
nformati
onwassi mpl
yinhelpi
ngtoproducethefi
rstTi
er4play
erasquicklyas
possi
ble.Moreov
er,theso-cal
ledi
nfor
mationontheTier4Promoti
onQuestcouldn'
tact
uallybe
consi
deredasecret.

Thiswasbecausel ocat
ingtheTi er4LegacyLandandr esol
vingtheprobl
emsonewoul d
encount
erintheLegacyLandwerebot hpr
oblemst
hatplayersneededtoresol
veonthei
rown.
Theonlyinformat
ionhecouldpr ovidewasthemethodt osearchforTier4LegacyLands.
Whetheronecouldlocat
etheirLegacyLandwitht
hisinfor
mat i
onwouldstil
ldependonthei
r
l
uck.

Aft
eral
l,Ti
er4LegacyLandsdi
dnothav
eaf
ixedposi
ti
on.Theywoul
dappearatr
andom i
n
God'
sDomain.

TheTier4LegacyLandswerealll
ocatedinspacesoutsi
deofthemaincont
inent
s.Whatplay
ers
neededtodot ovisi
ttheseLegacyLandswasf i
ndtherandomlyoccur
ri
ngspatialnodest
hat
coul
dtelepor
tthem t
otheseLegacyLands.

Inaddit
iontot heinformati
ononhowt osear
chf orTier4LegacyLands,theonlyotherval
uable
i
nformationhepr ovidedwast hepr ocessoflearni
ngone'sLegacyduringt hePromoti
onQuest.
Withthi
si nf
ormation,onewoul dn'tgointoone'sPromoti
onQuestblind.Ev enso,t
heamountof
hel
pt hi
si nf
ormat i
oncouldpr ovidewasl imi
tedbecauset heprocessofl earni
ngone'sLegacy
dependedent i
rel
yont heindiv
idual.Outsi
derscouldn'
thelpint
hismatter.

Meanwhi l
e,themet hodhepr ovi
dedtosear chforTier4LegacyLandswast oventur
einto
i
ncredibl
ydanger ousneut
ralmapsofatleastLev
el130.Themoredangerousaneutralmapwas,
themor eli
kelyonecouldfindaTier4LegacyLand.Onlybysear
chi
ngint hesemapswoul done
haveagr eaterchanceoflocat
ingaTier4LegacyLand.Asidefrom t
hismet hod,t
herewasno
otherway.
Ifheexcl
udedt
hesebi
tsofinf
ormat
ion,t
hent
hei
nfor
mat
ionont
heTi
er4Pr
omot
ionQuesthe
soldwoul
dbenothi
ngbutascam.

Af
terr
eadi
ngt
hei
nfor
mat
ion,
Youl
anwasst
unned.

"
Thi
sist
heTi
er4Pr
omot
ionQuest
'ssecr
et?
"Youl
ansuddenl
yfel
ttheur
get
olaugh.

Thevar
ioussuper
power
swer ecur
rentl
ydesper
atel
yt r
yingt
oobtai
ninformat
ionontheTi
er4
Promot
ionQuest
.However
,ift
heyweretol
earntheexactdet
ail
soft
heinfor
mation…

Theywoul
dmostl
ikel
yloset
hei
rmi
nds.

Afterall
,i
nt heinformati
onShiFengcompi l
ed,t
herewasnot hingwhatsoev erthatcouldi
ncrease
one's success rate withthe Tier4 Promotion Quest.The f unny thing was,t he var
ious
superpowerst houghtthattheycouldhaveaneasi ertimeproducingTi er4pl ayer
ssol ongas
theyhadt hi
si nf
ormation.Infact
,theyweresostaunchintheirbeli
efthatt heywerewagingwar
againstZeroWi ng.Inr eal
it
y,byt ar
geti
ngZer oWi ng,al
lthesuper power sweredoingwas
wastingprecioust i
mewhent heycouldbeimprovi
ngt hemselv
es.

"That'
sri
ght
.Thisistheinfor
mationontheTi
er4Pr omoti
onQuest
,"ShiFengsai
d,chuckl
ing."
I
canev enannouncetot hosesuperpower
s,r
ightnow,thatt
heyhavealreadybeeneli
minated
from t
hestr
uggleforhegemonyinGod'sDomain!
"

AsShiFengandYoul
anwer
econv
ersi
ng,
LiangJi
ngsuddenl
yent
eredt
her
oom.

"
Gui
ldLeader,Uny
iel
dingSoulandCri
msonEmperorar
eready
.Theycant
akeact
ionassoonas
y
ougiv
et hecommand, "Li
angJi
ngsai
dexci
tedl
y.

"Good!Havethem st
artmoving!
"ShiFengsai
d,noddi
ng."
It
'saboutt
imewel
ett
heseso-
cal
led
superpower
sknowhowl aughabl
ethei
racti
onsare!
"

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2750–Daunt
ingSi
lver
wingCi
ty

Si
lver
wingCi
ty,
Busi
nessPl
aza:

Duet othenewsoft hevari

oussuperpowerstarget
ing Zer
o Wing,thenumberofplayers
occupyi
ngtheci
ty'
sBusi
nessPlazadecl
ined.Manyplayer
swer eafr
aidofbecomi
ngcol
lat
eral
damage.

Thei
ndependentpl
ayer
sthatwer
eini
ti
all
ypl
anni
ngonj
oini
ngZer
oWi
ngal
sobeganhesi
tat
ing.

"AndhereIthoughtIcouldjoi
nZer
oWingandspreadmywingsaf
tercomi
ngt
oSi
lver
wingCi
ty.
From t
hesit
uationnow,itseemsI
'v
emadethewrongcal
l.
"

"IheardthatmanyZer
oWi ngmember
swi t
hdr
ew f
rom t
heGui
ld.Theonest
hatchoset
ost
ay
don'tevendar
esetf
ootout
sideZer
oWing'
sGui
ldCi
ti
es.
"

"I
fIweretosaywhichGuil
dist
hestr
ongestri
ghtnow,i
twouldhavetobeSaint
'sHand.Why
don'
twejoi
nSaint
'sHand?I
fwedo,
wewon'thavetoworr
yaboutt
hoseFauxSai
ntmonster
s."

Theplay
ersi
nsideoneofthecit
y'
sbarsi
nevit
abl
ydi
scussedwhet
hertheyshouldheadt
oot
her
pl
acestodev
elopthemsel
ves.Atthi
spoi
nt,
theynol
ongerhel
danyhopeforZeroWing

Meanwhil
e,inacor neroft
hebar,severalcl
oakedmenli
stenedqui
etl
ytotheseconv
ersat
ions.
Theyoungermenamongt hem rev
ealedsneersonthei
rf aceswhentheyheardaboutZero
Wing'
spresentsi
tuati
on.
"AndhereIthoughttheGui ldshej oi
nedwassomepower fulexist
ence,"aLev el122,Tier3
Assassi
nyouth,whoradiatedanaurathatmadeev enTier3exper
tsquail
, sai
dwi t
hdispl
easure.
"I
tseemswewer ebeingov erl
yconcerned.Tothi
nkweev enwentoutofourwayt ocomet othis
backwat
er.ZeroWingisn'tevencomparabletooneofthemaincont i
nent
'sSuperGui l
ds.Ireal
ly
don'
tknowhowi tgotsoluckytoactuall
ygethertojoi
n!Now,she'
snotev enwill
ingtojoi
nus!"

"
OldSix,don'
tsaythat.Alt
houghthisplacei sn'
tmuch,Iheardt
hatthoseSuperGui l
dsandsuper -
f
ir
st-
rateGuildshavequi t
eaf ew capabl eexpert
s.Wecanuset hisoppor tuni
tytoinvest
igate
t
hesepeopl eandunder st
andthest andar dsoftheexpertshere,
"acool -
headed,middle-
aged
mansitt
ingatt heheadoft hegroupsai d,chuckli
ng."AsforZeroWi ng,wecanj ustrepor
tt he
t
rut
htot hehigher
-upsoncewer eturn.Atthattime,shewil
ldefi
nit
elypanic."

"Iguessso.
"Smi
li
ng,theAssassi
nyout
hsai
d,"
Ifshe'
swi
ll
ingt
ojoi
nus,Iwoul
dn'
tmi
ndhel
ping
ZeroWingoutal
it
tl
e."

Justwhent hevarioussuperpowersandindependentplayer
sthoughtthatSil
ver
wingCitywould
becomeaghostci ty,l
argegroupsofplayer
ssuddenl yappear
edont hecity'
sstreet
soneafter
another.Theseplayersfi
ll
edt hemai
nst r
eetsandalleywaysofthecit
y,easil
ynumber i
nginthe
hundredsofthousands.Mor eover
,ever
yoneoft heseplay
erswasformidable.

"What'
sgoi ngon? ""Whyar eCr i
msonEmperor'
sandUny iel
dingSoul'
smember scominghere?"
"Aret hose two Guilds planni
ng to wor
ktogetherwi t
h Zero Wing to oppose the v
ari
ous
superpowers? " The players and powersresidi
ng in Silver
wing City were moment ari
ly
dumbf ounded,unablet ounder st
andwhathadgot tenintothetwosuper -f
irst
-rat
eGuil
dsf or
them togar r
isonsomanyoft hei
rmembersinSilv
erwingCity.Moreover
,thisnumberwasst il
l
i
ncreasingast imepassed.

Inj
usthalfanhour
,thetwoGuil
dshadgather
edov
ert
hreemi
ll
ionmember
sint
heci
ty,l
iveni
ng
uptheprevi
ousl
ydesol
ateci
tysi
gni
fi
cant
ly.

"
Heart
!HasyourGui
ldgonemad?!You'
reactual
lybet
ti
ngal
lyourchi
psonZer
oWi
ng?
!""
Is
Cri
msonEmper
ort
ryi
ngtomakeanenemyoutofus?"

Inthissit
uat ion,thevarioussuper powershadt ocont actUny iel
dingHear tandI l
lusoryWords,
whower einchar geoft heoper ati
ont histime.Althought heyknew t hatUnyieldingSouland
Cri
msonEmper orcouldbeconsi deredZer oWi ng'sal l
ies,Zer oWingwascur rent l
ygoingup
againstalmostal loftheeast erncontinent'
ssuperpower s.St andingwit
hZer oWi ngnowwasno
dif
ferentfrom suicide.Yet,tothev ari
oussuper power s'astonishment,bothUny i
eldingSouland
Cri
mson Emper ordecl ared theirintenti
on to side wi t
h Zer o Wing.Mor eov er,they ev
en
announcedt hattheywoul dn'
tsitstillanddonot hingshoul dthosesuper power stakeacti
on
againstSil
v erwingCity.

However
,ZeroWi
ng'smovewasev enmoreunexpectedt hanUny i
eldi
ngSoul'sandCri
mson
Emper
or'
s.Zer
oWingact
ual
lyorder
edal
lmembersabov eLev el100togatheri
nSil
ver
wingCi
ty.
Moret
hantwomil
li
onZer
oWi ngmembersappear
edinSilv
er wingCit
y.

Atpresent
,notonl
ywasSi l
ver
wingCityf
arli
vel
ierthanbef
ore,butt
henumberofTier3exper
ts
gather
edinthecit
yhadalsoexceeded10,
000.Thiswasmor ethanwhatanyot
herGuil
dCityon
themainconti
nenthad.

With mor
et han 10,
000 Ti
er3 experts gar
ri
soni
ng Sil
ver
wing Ci
ty,letal
one t
he v
ari
ous
super
powers,ev
entheFi
veGreatSuperGuil
dswouldhavetobewaryoftheci
ty.

I
twasnoexagger at
iontosaythatwi t
ht hi
skindofpower ,Si
lverwingCit
ycouldtrampl
ethe
vari
ouspowersoper
ati
ngintheOr cEmpi r
e.Ifthesuperpowerswi shedtocreat
eanywavesin
Sil
verwi
ngCit
y,t
heywouldhavetodisregardcostanddispatchal argenumberofTi
er3exper
ts
i
ntothecit
y'
ssurr
oundi
ngs.Anyt
hinglesswouldbef ut
il
e.

"Unyi
eldi
ngSoulandCrimsonEmper ormust
'v
egonecrazy!They'
react
ual
lywi
ll
ingtogotosuch
anextentjustt
ohelpZer oWi ng?"WhenColdShadow r
eceivednewsofUnyiel
dingSouland
CrimsonEmperor'
sact
ions,she,too,
wassur
prised.

Shehadant
ici
patedthatZer
oWinghadat
rumpcar
dpr
epar
ed.Ot
her
wise,
itwoul
dn'
thav
edar
ed
topr
ovoket
hev ari
oussuper
power
s.
Howev
er,
nev
erhadsheexpect
edZer
oWi
ng'
str
umpcar
dtobesomet
hingl
iket
his!

Atthismoment
,letal
oneCol
dShadow,someonewhowashost
il
etoZer
oWi
ng,ev
enFr
ost
Heaven'
sSev
enWonderswasdumbf
ounded.

Henev
eri
magi
nedt
hatZer
oWi
ngcoul
dmaket
wosuper
-fi
rst
-rat
eGui
ldsbetal
lthei
rchi
psoni
t.

Withthecombi nedfor
ceofthet hreeGuil
ds,eventhesuperpowerswouldn'
tdar
emessar ound.
Afteral
l,t
hosesuperpowershaddar edtotar
getZeroWi ngbefor
eonlybecausetheGuil
dlacked
background,resour
ces,andfunding.Withthei
radv ant
ageinnumbersandf unding,t
heycould
easil
ysuppressZeroWingandmaket heGuildsubmit.

However,now t
hatZer
oWi nghadt wosuper
powersbacki
ngit,number
sandfundi
ngwereno
l
ongerit
sweaknesses.Ift
hesuperpowerswishedt
opersecut
eZeroWing,t
heywouldhav
eto
payatl
easttenti
mesthepri
cetheyhadtopaybefor
e.

Thevari
oussuper
power
sweren'
ttheonl
yonesconf
usedbyt
hissi
tuat
ion;ev
enZer
oWi
ng'
s
i
nter
nalmemberswer
eatal
oss.

"
Damn!OurGui
ldwasact
ual
lysoawesome?
!"

"
Butwhydi
dtheGui
ldgat
heral
lofusi
nSi
lver
wingCi
ty?
"

"
Arewegoi
ngt
ooccupyt
heOr
cCapi
talCi
ty?
"

Theassembl edZer oWingmember sspeculat

edexuber ant
ly.Af
terall,thestr
engthcurrent
ly
gather
edinSi l
ver
wi ngCitywasnolaughingmatter.Aforceof10,000-pl
usTier3expertswas
mor et
hanenought oflat
tentheOr
cCapitalCi
ty'
sinnerar
ea.Theymi ghtevenbeabletoputupa
fi
ghtinthecorearea.

"Gui
ldLeader
,allourLevel100-
plusmembershavearr
ived.ThetwoGui
ldsar
eal
sor
eadyt
oset
offf
orSkySpringCityatanyti
me,"Li
angJi
ngreport
edexcitedl
y.

Shehadmai ntai
nedhercal
m whil
eev er
yoneelsei
nt heGuil
dwaspanicki
ngoverZeroWing's
predi
cament.Thiswasbecauseshehadf oundoutabouttheSecr
etCovenantTower
'smatter
aheadofti
meandZer oWing'
ssett
lementint
oSkySpri
ngCity.

SolongasZer oWingseal
edoffSkySpr i
ngCity,out
siderswouldhav edif
fi
cultyset
ti
ngf ootout
oftheci
ty.Meanwhile,
Zer
oWing'smember scouldtravelfr
eelytotheSecretCovenantTowert o
gri
ndforlev
els.Theywoul
dn'
tneedt oworryaboutheadingelsewheret ol
evelup.Atthatti
me, i
t
wouldbecomeal mosti
mpossi
bleforthesuperpowerstoharm ZeroWi ng'
sGuildmember s.

Nottoment ion,whenthevar
ioussuperpower
s'membersgr i
ndedforlevelsoutinthef
iel
ds,t
he
i
nterf
erenceoft hoset
roubl
esomeNPCswoul dgreat
lyreducethei
rlev el
ingspeed.Thi
s,i
nturn,
wouldfurtherwidenthegapi nlev
eli
ngspeedsbetweent hesuperpower s'membersandZero
Wing'
smember s.

"Al
right.Open t he Tel
eport
ati
on Hal
lnow,"ShiFeng said,nodding.Although things had
developedsomewhatdi f
fer
entl
yfr
om hisorigi
nalpl
an,i
twouldn'taf
fectt
heov er
allsit
uati
on.
Afterward,allZer
oWi nghadtodowaswatchast hev
ari
oussuperpowersst
ruggledtocopewi th
theincreasingnumberofNPCsandNPCf orces.

"
Under
stood!
"

Wit
hgreatexci
tement
,LiangJi
nginstr
uctedhersubor
dinat
est
oremov
ethewal
lsandv
ari
ous
camouf
lagebui
ldi
ngsaroundt
heTeleport
ati
onHall
.

Thenextmoment ,severalseven-andeight -
stor
y-t
allbuil
dingsalongthecity
'smai
nst r
eet
disappear
ed.Notonl
ydi dthedisappear
anceoft hesebui l
dingscreateaspaci
ouspl
aza,but
therewasevenamassivefi
ve-st
ory-
tal
lbuil
dinginthecenterofthi
splaza.

When t
he play
ers walki
ng on Si
lver
wing Ci
ty'
s mai
n st
reetsaw t
his bui
ldi
ng,t
hey wer
e
i
mmediatel
ydumbfounded.
Thebui
ldi
ngsi
tt
ingi
nthepl
azawassomet
hingv
eryf
ami
li
art
othem.

"
ATel
epor
tat
ionHal
l?
!"

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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asi
anov
el.
com

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er2751–NumberOneCi
tyi
ntheFut
ure

TheTel
epor
tat
ionHallwasafiv
e-st
orybui
ldi
ngwitht
hefoot
pri
ntoft
hreespor
tsst
adi
ums.The
massi
veedi
fi
celookedasifi
tweret
heheartoft
hisar
ea.

Pr
ev i
ously,t
heTel eportati
onHal l
'
stel
eport
ati
onarrayhadbeensuppr essedbyamagicbarr
ier
.
Howev er
,now t hatther est
ri
ctionwasli
ft
ed,theteleport
ati
onarr
ayinst ant
lyst
ir
redt
heMana
i
nsideSilverwingCi ty
,exci t
ingtheManat ofl
ow t owardthebuil
ding.Thissuddenchange
st
unnedt heplayersont hemai nstr
eet
.

"
WhydoesSi
lver
wingCi
tyhav
eaTel
epor
tat
ionHal
l?
"

"
Crap!Inev
ert
houghtZer
oWi
ngwoul
dact
ual
lypl
aysuchacar
d!"

"
Amazi
ng!Si
mpl
yamazi
ng!So,
thi
sisZer
oWi
ng'
str
uet
rumpcar
d?"

"Thi
swon'
tdo!Ineedt
orentsomeShopsi
nSi
lver
wingCi
tynow!Imustr
entt
hem nomat
tert
he
cost
!"

Themanyplayer
sonthestr
eetswhower
eoriginall
yplanni
ngtoleav
eSil
ver
wingCi
tyforgreener
pastur
eswerenow inahurry
.Someoft hepl ayerswhower equickt
orespondhastenedt o
Sil
verwi
ngCit
y'
sCit
yLord'
sMansioni
mmediately."Hur
ryup!"

we

"
Noti
fyt
heCommanderr
ightaway
!Wecan'
tlett
heCommanderr
entahousei
nanot
herGui
ld
Ci
ty!
"

"
Wegott
ri
ckedbyZer
oWi
ng!
"

Meanwhi
le,the vari
ous adv
enturerteams'member
sf r
antical
ly cont
act
ed t
hei
rrespect
ive
commanderslestt
heyrui
ntheirf
utur
ebybeingev
enatadslower.

Asforthev
ari
ouslar
geGui
lds'
member
s,t
hei
rini
ti
algl
eef
ulexpr
essi
onswer
enowr
epl
acedwi
th
gapesofdi
sbel
ief
.

ATel
epor
tat
ionHal
l!

Thi
swasabui l
dingal
lplay
ersinGod'sDomainwerefami
li
arwi
th.Ev
ery
oneknew j
usthow
val
uabl
eaGui
ldCitywi
thaTelepor
tat
ionHal
lwoul
dbe.

Compar
edtohigh-
ranki
ngconst
ruct
ionsorTi
er4NPCguar
ds,aTel
epor
tat
ionHal
lwasmany
ti
mesmoreval
uabl
e.

Aft
erall,solongasaGui ldCit
ypossessedaTeleportati
onHal l
,itwouldbeconnectedwiththe
count
lessNPCci ti
esofGod' sDomain.Theaddi
ti
onofaTel eport
ati
onHalltoaGuildCitywould
beakint oahumanl i
vingint hestoneageinstantl
yt r
ansformingintoahumanl ivi
ngi nthe
moderner a.TheTel
eportati
onHallwouldel
evat
et hestandardofaGui l
dCit
ybyseverallev
els.

When the v
ari
ous superpowersr ecei
ved news ofthi
s addit
ion,t
hey wer
e moment
ari
ly
dumbf
ounded.Noneofthem everexpect
edZeroWingtohavesuchacard.
Meanwhi
le,
theZer
oWi
ngmember
sinsi
deSi
lver
wingCi
tyr
eact
edwi
thsur
pri
seandj
oy.

"
TheGui
ldLeaderi
sawesome!Thosesuper
power
smustbest
upef
iedaf
tert
hismov
e!"

"WiththeTelepor
tat
ionHall
,Sil
verwingCitywil
ldefi
nit
elybecomet hehear
tofthenei
ghboring
kingdomsandev entheBlackDragonEmpi re.Now,evenifthesuperpower
sarepowerf
ul,they
won'tbeabletostopplay
ersfr
om streamingintoSi
lver
wingCity.Ev
entual
ly
,Si
lver
wingCit
ywi l
l
becomet henumberonecityi
nthisregion!
"

Ini
ti
all
y,Zer
oWi ng'
smembersallt
houghttheywereinforabl oodybat
tleagai
nstt
hev
ari
ous
superpower
s.Theynev
ert
houghtShiFengwouldbr
ingthem suchasurpr
ise.

Sil
verwi
ngCitywasonadistantneut
ralmap.Wit
htheaddi
tionoftheTel
eport
ati
onHalltot
he
cit
y,advent
urert
eamsandindependentpl
ayer
scouldnow saveuponplent
yoft r
avelt
imeby
tel
eport
ingdir
ect
lyt
otheOr
cEmpi re.

Eventhoughthetel
eport
ati
onf eeswoul
dbeexor
bit
ant
,manyexper
tpl
ayer
swoul
drat
herpay
thehi
gherfeethanwast
etheirpreci
oust
ime.

Thepl
ayersofthenei
ghbor
ingki
ngdomsandempi
reswerehighl
yli
kelytov
isitSi
lver
wingCi
ty.
Att
hatti
me,Sil
verwi
ngCit
y'
splay
erpopul
ati
onmi
ghtexceed10mill
ion,
oreven20mi l
li
on.

Thevar
ioussuper
power
s'at
temptt
osuppr
essZer
oWi
ngeconomi
cal
lyhadbecomeanut
ter
j
oke.

Theonlyprobl
em remai
ningwoul
dbet hesuperpowerscover
tl
ytar
get
ingZer
oWing'
smembers.
However,thatprobl
em coul
d beeasi l
yresolved.Zero Wi
ng'smemberscoul
d si
mpl
ystop
wear
ingtheirGui
ldEmbl
emsandt r
aveltootherneutr
almapstogri
nd.

"GuildLeader,justamomentago,ov er2,000playersvi
sitedt heCityLor d'
sMansi ontolease
Shopsf r
om us.Att hi
sr at
e,itwon'ttakemor ethanhalfadaybef or
ewer entoutallourShops,
"
Liang Jing sai
d exci tedl
yas she r ead the stat
ist
ics r
epor tshe justr ecei
ved.ManyNPC
mer chantshadwi thdrawnf r
om SilverwingCityaft
erZeroWi ngi mplement edthebanonNPCs.
Asar esult
,manyShopswer ev acant.Howev er
,withthecurrentfrenzy,ZeroWingdi dn'
thaveto
wor r
yaboutf i
ndingt enantsfortheseShopsany more.I
nf act,thenumberofpl ayersseekingto
l
easeShopsf rom t hecityoutnumber edtheNPCmer chantst hathadl ef
t,byaf actoroftenor
mor e.

Now,Si
lver
wingCi
ty'
sincomesur
passedev
ent
hepr
evi
oust
otali
ncomeofZer
oWi
ng'
sthr
ee
Gui
ldCi
ti
es.

"Mhm."ShiFengnodded,notatal lsurpri
sedbyt hi
ssi t
uation."Howev er
,weneedt otweakthe
rat
esofourShops.Insteadofj ustcoins,anyonewhowi shestol easeShopsinthecitywil
lal
so
needtopayMagi cCrystal
s:1,000Magi cCry
stalsperweekf orShopsi ntheci
tycenterand300
MagicCr ystal
sperweekf orShopsi nt heouterar ea.Also,hav et heGuil
ds'member sstart
makingtheirwaytoSkySpringCi t
y."

Inhi
spr ev
iousli
fe,anyGuil
dt hatgainedtheWarGod'sTemple'
srecogniti
onhadpracti
cal
ly
beenimmunet oeconomicsuppressi
on.TheonlywaytohinderanOffi
cialGui
ld'
sdev
elopment
wouldbetodestr
oythesaidGuil
d'sGuildCi
tyt
hathousedt
heTelepor
tati
onHall.

Hence,t hev ar
ioussuper powershadgonecr azyfighti
ngf orthereserveseats.Inf act
,many
power swoul dfi
ghtdesper atel
yjusttosecureaf or
ei gnaidpositi
on.ZeroWi ng'
sbecomi ngan
Offi
cialGui l
dshor t
lyafterthef i
rstmajorupdatecoul dbeconsi deredani ncr
ediblyfort
unate
matter.Afterall
,themomentZer oWingbecameanOf fi
cialGuil
d,i
twasnol ongercompet i
ngon
thesamest ageast hev ari
oussuperpowers.Whi l
ei twasi ndeedtruethatZeroWi ng'scurr
ent
foundationwasnomat chf orthatofthevari
oussuper powers,ZeroWing'spotenti
alwasway
abovet hatofthesuperpower s.

Now,allZeroWingneededt odowascompl et
elysealtheSecretCovenantToweranduseitto
rapi
dlydeveloptheGuild'
sstr
engt
hbeforetheNPCf orcesbegantheiri
nvasi
on.Ifev
eryt
hing
wentwell,ZeroWingwoul dj
usthavetositback,watchast hevar
iouspowersgoteli
minat
ed,
andharvestthet
erri
tor
iesoft
heseeli
minat
edpower safterwar
d.
Now,
Zer
oWi
ngwasi
nar
aceagai
nstt
ime.

Asforstr
uggli
ngagainstt
hesuperpowers,t
hatwassimplyawasteofpr
eciousti
me.Af t
eral
l,i
n
thepast
,lesst
han20%oft hesuperpowershadsur
viv
edt heNPCfor
ces'
invasi
on.Sincethef
ir
st
majorupdatehadtakenplacemuchsoonert hi
stime,theoutcomewouldmostl i
kelybeeven
worse.

Meanwhile,aft
erhear ing ShiFeng'
sor der
s,Liang Jing sai
dexci t
edl
y,"I'
l
lhavethem start
headi
ngov ernow."Afterward,
themember sofZeroWi ng,Unyi
eldi
ngSoul,andCri
msonEmper or
i
nSi l
ver
wi ngCit
yteleportedtoSkySpringCityoneafteranother.Themassmi gr
ati
oninst
antly
fl
oodedthedesolatestreetsofSkySpri
ngCitywithpl
ay er
s.

Thi
ssceneal
sosur
pri
sedt
heor
igi
nali
nhabi
tant
sofSkySpr
ingCi
ty.

Subsequent
ly,UnyieldingSoulandCr imsonEmperormadeanannouncementtoeveryplayeri
n
SkySpringCity
,stat i
ngt hatthei
rtwoGuildswouldbeimposi
ngalockdownonSkySpr ingCit
y
andthatanyunaff
iliatedplayerscaughtt
ryingt
oleav
ethecit
ywoul
dbeki l
ledwi
thoutquesti
on.

Forat
ime,
SkySpr
ingCi
ty'
spl
ayer
sfel
lint
otur
moi
l.

AlthoughSkySpri
ngCi t
y'
sv ari
ouspower scouldn'
tunderstandwhyUny i
eldi
ngSoulandCr i
mson
Emper orweredoingsuchat hing,locki
ngdownanNPCci tywaschild'splayforthetwosuper
-
fi
rst-r
ateGuil
ds.Hence,afterr eceivi
ngtheannouncement ,SkySpringCi t
y'svari
ouspowers
prompt l
yfl
edthecity
,migrati
ngt heirbaseofoperat
ionstoot herNPCci t
ies.Thi
s,intur
n,made
SkySpr i
ngCityt
heexclusi
vehav enofZer oWing,Unyiel
dingSoul,andCr i
msonEmper or.

Att
hist
ime,
agi
gant
icbl
ackeagl
eci
rcl
edabov
etheci
ty.

Sit
ti
ngont heThunderEagl
e'
sback,Uny i
eldi
ngHeartpoint
edatthedozenorsoFl
yingMounts
patr
oll
ingnearbyandsai dproudly
," Br
otherBlackFlame,SkySpri
ngCityisnow seal
edoff
completel
y.OurtwoGui l
dshaveor gani
zedaf l
yingpatr
olsquadtosecur
etheski
es.Now,not
evenabi r
dcanf l
youtoftheci
ty.
"

"I
tisindeedamazing.Pl
ayer
scan'tflyoutev
eniftheywantto."ShiFengfel
tat
raceof
admir
ati
onashelookedatUny
iel
dingSoul
'
sandCri
msonEmperor
'sFly
ingMount
s.

Hehadt oadmi tthatthesuper-

fi
rst-rateGuil
dswer eindeedpowerf
ul.InanerawhereFl y
ing
Mount swerei ncredi
blyrar
e,UnyieldingSoulandCr i
msonEmperorhadact ual
lymanagedt o
securesomany .Mor eov
er,bythel ooksofi t,theseFl
yingMount
swer eofconsider
ablyhigh
quali
ty.Eventheweakestamongt hem wasatt heAdvancedCommonr ank,wi
thtwoorthreeof
them evenreachingtheBasicExt
raor dinar
yrank.

Ifaplay
erdidnotpossessanAdvancedExt
raor
dinar
yrankFl
yi
ngMount
,theywoul
dn'
tst
anda
chanceagai
nstt
hecoalit
ionoft
heseFly
ingMounts.

However
,Il
lusor
yWor dsshookherheadatUnyi
eldi
ngHear
t'
swor
ds.Unl
ikeUny
iel
dingHear
t,
shedi
dn'
thaveav er
yopti
misti
cvi
ewofthesi
tuat
ion.

"I
'm afrai
dt hev ari
oussuper powerswi llstar
tpay i
ngevencloserat tenti
ontousnow.I fwemar ch
boldlyint
ot heSecr etCov enantTower ,Ibelieveitwon'tbel ongbef orenewsofi tgetsout.At
thattime,t heywi l
ldefinit
elydoev er y
thingt heycantoi nvesti
gatet hemat t
er.Ift
hathappens,
thetimewecankeept hesecr ethiddenwi llbev er
yshor t
."Andoncet hev ari
oussuperpowers
fi
ndoutaboutt heTier3Legaci es,allofthem ont heeasterncontinentwilldisr
egar
dallcoststo
contestov ert hetower.Wi ththeamountoft imewehav e,I'
m afraidwewon' tbeabletosecure
manyadv ant agesfrom thetower."

Undernormalcircumst ances,theirser
iesofact i
onswould'vealreadycaughtplentyofattent
ion.
Now,theyhadev enbecomet hef ocusoft hesuperpowers.Meanwhi l
e,nosecr etcouldbekept
for
ever-
especial
lywi t
hmassi veor ganizat
ionslikethei
rGuilds.Nomat terhowhar dtheytri
edto
keeptheSecretCov enantTower 'ssecrethidden,t
hesecretwoul devent
uallygetout.

Theonlywaytopr eventthesecretf
rom l
eaki
ngwouldbetoav
oidi
nfor
mingthemembersof
thei
rGuil
dandpr eventthei
rGuildmember sfr
om ent
eri
ngt
heSecr
etCovenantToweratal
l.
However,
theycouldn'
taff
ordtotakesuchanacti
on.
"
Indeed.
"

ShiFengnodded.Hev
erymuchagr
eedwi
thI
ll
usor
yWor
ds'
swor
ri
es.

Compar edtoIll
usoryWor dsandUny i
eldi
ngHear t
,ShiFengknew muchmor eclearl
yjusthow
muchofani mpacttheSecr etCovenantTowerwoul dhaveont hecont
inentofGod'sDomai n.
Oncet hetower'
ssecretgotout,t
her esult
ingst
rugglewouldn'
tbeasimplecompet i
ti
onbetween
superpowers.Inst
ead,itwoul dbeaf ighttothedeat h.Quit
eaf ew superpowershadev en
peri
sheddur i
ngthestrugglebackthen.

"Howev er
,wehav ealr
eadyact ed.Wecan' tpossiblyavoident eri
ng t
het owernow,right
?"
Unyieldi
ngHeartal
sounderstoodt hatthesecretwoul dgetoutv er
yquickl
yoncetheybegan
sendingthei
rmembersint
ot hetower.Infact,
thesecretwouldsti
llleakeveni
ftheyal
lowedonly
asmal lnumberoft
heGuil
d'sconfidant
si nt
othetower's30thfl
oorandbel ow.

"No!
"ShiFengshookhishead.Smil
ing,hesai
d,"
Wear
en'
texact
lywi
thoutopt
ionst
otakef
ull
cont
roloft
heSecretCov
enantTower
."

"
Whatot
heropt
ionsdowehav
e?"Uny
iel
dingHear
taskedashel
ookedatShiFengcur
iousl
y.

I
nhisopi ni
on,oncethesecr etgotout
,theirthreeGuildswouldn'
tbeabletoretai
nthei
r
monopolyoftheSecr
etCov enantTower
.Theonl yt hi
ngtheycoulddonow wasgr
indforas
manyTier3Legaci
esaspossiblebef
oret
heinevi
tableoccurr
ed.

Il
lusor
yWor dsalso t urned tolookatShiFeng,a t race ofconfusi
on in herey es."You'l
l
underst
andoncey outakeal ookatthi
s,"ShiFengsai dashesentadocumentt othetwopeopl e.
Het henadded," Youmustkeept hi
smat terasecr et.Youabsolutelycannotletotherpeopl e
know abouti t
.Ot herwise,youwi l
lnol ongerhav eanyconnect i
onwi ththeSecr etCovenant
Towerint hefuture.I
ncont r
ast,i
fwesucceedi nthismat t
er,y
ourtwoGui l
dscaneachoccupy
25%oft heSecretCov enantTower '
sshares.{
%TWO_ QUOTES%} Whatisit
?Isthisthi
ngy ouspeak
ofreall
ysoamazi ng? "Uny i
eldi
ngHeartfeltthatShiFengwasi ndul
ginginhy per
bole.Thel at
ter
spokeasiftheSecr etCov enantTowerwasal readyinthebag.

"
You'
renott
alki
ngaboutt
heTi
er4Pr
omot
ionQuesti
nfor
mat
ion,
right
?"I
ll
usor
yWor
dsj
oked.

Shaki
nghi
shead,
ShiFengsai
d,"
You'
l
lunder
standoncey
ouseei
t.
"

Immediat
ely
,Uny
iel
dingHear
tandI
ll
usor
yWor
dsst
oppedspeaki
ngandopenedt
hef
il
eShiFeng
sentt
hem.

However
,assoonast heyreadtheinf
ormati
on,t
hei
rjawsdr
opped,t
hei
rey
eswi
denedi
n
di
sbel
ief
,andt
hei
rhear
tspoundedwi
thshock.

Looki
ngatShiFeng,
Uny
iel
dingHear
taskedi
naqui
ver
ingv
oice,
"I-
Ist
hisr
eal
?"

The thi
ng thatShiFeng had j
ustshown them compl
etel
y exceeded Uny
iel
ding Hear
t'
s
i
maginati
on.Infact
,compar
edtoit,t
hei
nfor
mat i
onontheTier4PromotionQuestwasworth
l
essthandust.

Aft
erall
,thet
hingt
hatShiFengshowedt
hem coul
dcompl
etel
yrewr
it
ethest
atusquoi
nGod'
s
Domain.ASmallMobi
leFor
tress!

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
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Chapt
er2752–ShiFeng’
sMadness

"So,t
hisi
sy ourt
ruetr
umpcard?"WhenIll
usoryWordslookedatt
hei
nfor
mat
iondi
spl
ayed
befor
eher
,shecoul
dn'
thel
pfi
ndi
ngShiFengbeyondherken.
Fi
rst
,itwastheTel
eportati
onHal
l.Then,i
twast
heSecretCovenantTower.Now,ther
ewaseven
aSmal lMobi
leFor
tress.Notonl
ydidShiFengr
evealonesecretaft
eranother
,butever
ysecr
et
wasalsomoreamazingt hant
heother.

Atthispoint
,sheevenwonderedwhetherShiFengsti
llhadmoreast
onishi
ngsecr
etsandt
rump
cardshidden.Shegottheimpressi
onhewassi mplywaiti
ngf
orhisenemiestocomeathi
m so
thathecouldusethem asZer
oWi ng'
ssteppi
ngstones.

Simult
aneously,shef
eltf
ort
unat
ethatCri
msonEmperordidnotopposeZeroWing.Other
wise,
theconsequenceswouldbeuni
maginabl
e."
Sor
tof
,"ShiFengsai
d,chuckl
ing."
MayIknowifyou
twoareinter
estednow?"

I
nreali
ty,
evenShiFengcovet
edtheSmal lMobi
leFort
ress.However
,alt
houghhehadt
hedesi
gn
f
oritnow,hebar
elyhadanyofthenecessarymater
ial
stoconstr
uctit
.

I
nci
dent
all
y,hecoul
dpul
ltwoweal
thyGui
ldsi
ntot
heendeav
or.

Takingadeepbreat
h,Il
lusoryWordsturnedtolookatShiFenganddemanded,"
Outwit
hit
.How
doy ouwanttodot hi
s? "Unyi
eldi
ngHear talsonoddedi nagreementwit
hIll
usor
yWor ds'
s
questi
on.HewantedtohearShiFeng'splans.

"You'veseentheSmallMobi
leFort
ress'
sbasicinfor
mat i
onal r
eady.
"Smi l
ingf
aint
ly,ShiFeng
said,"Thewealt
hneededtoconstr
uctitisastoni
shi
ng.Icanconf i
dent
lysaythatevenifwe
empt youtyourt
woGuil
ds,west
il
lwon'thaveenoughresourcestobuil
dit
."

Nei
therI
ll
usor
yWor
dsnorUny
iel
dingHear
tref
utedShiFeng'
swor
ds.

Alt
houghShiFengdi dnotshow t hem t
her equir
ementsforconstruct
ingtheSmal lMobil
e
Fort
ress,even a f
oolcoul
dt el
lthatthe costofsuch a terr
if
ying skyfort
ress woul
d be
ast
ronomical.I
tdef
ini
tel
ywasn'
tsomethi
ngcurrentsuper
power
scoul daff
ord.

"Idon'
tneedy out opayf
orthefortr
ess'
sconstr
uct i
oncost
.However,
Iwillneedy ourtwoGuilds
topayt womi l
li
onMagi cCryst
alsandf i
vemi ll
ionGoldCoinseachfort heSecr etCovenant
Tower'
sshar es.Whatdoy outhink?"El
aborat
ingonhi spoint
,ShiFengsai d,"Oncewef ull
y
occupyt heSecr etCovenantTower ,wecan col l
ectent
rancefeesfrom ot herplayer
s.For
example,wecanchar getwoMagi cCryst
alsoroneGoldCoin.Yourt
woGui ldswilleachget25%
oftheprofi
ts.

"
Ofcourse,befor
ethis,Isti
llneedy ourt
woGui
ldst
olendmey
ourhel
p.Ot
her
wise,i
twoul
dbe
v
erydi
ff
iculttoaccomplishthistask.
"

AtShiFeng'
swords,I
ll
usoryWordsandUny i
eldi
ngHeartbeganponder i
nginsi
lence.WhatShi
Feng sai
d wassimpl
yt oo ast
onishi
ng.Iftheyfoll
owed hi
spl an,theywould basical
lybe
decl
ari
ngwarontheeaster
ncontinent
'sot
hersuper
powers.Moreover
,itwoul
dbeirreconci
labl
e.

Ofcour
se,ifShiFeng'
spl
ansucceeded,Cr
imsonEmper
orandUny
iel
dingSoulwoul
dst
andat
t
hetopoftheeaster
ncont
inent
.

Toputi
tsi
mpl
y,t
hiswasagambl
e!

ShiFengwasnotatal
lsur
pri
sedt
oseet
het
wo'
sreact
ions.

Inreal
ity,hehadplannedtocarryoutsuchapl ansincet
hev er
ybeginni
ng.However
,inst
eadof
reveal
inghisful
lplanrightof
fthebat,hehadchosent orev
ealitsequent
ial
lyt
othetwoGuil
ds.
Otherwise,t
heywouldmostl i
kelyhaver ej
ectedi
tthenandthere.Zer
oWingwouldn'
tbeableto
becomeat r
ueti
taninGod'sDomainint hatcase.

OnlybysecuringtheSecr etCovenantTowercouldZeroWingconti
nuall
yproduceTier3player
s
i
nl ar
genumber s.Afterall,acompleteTier3Legacycouldbeusedonlyni
net imes,atmost.I
n
otherwords,aTier3Legacycoul d,atbest,pr
oducenineTier3player
s.AfteraTier3Legacy'
s
useswereexhaust ed,itwoul ddisappearautomati
cal
ly,andonewoul dhav etofindanot
her
complet
eTi er3Legacy .
Hence,itwasnecessaryt
okeepsendingpl ayer
st oexploretheSecretCovenantTower.However,
i
fZeroWi ngheldthetowerf
oronlyashor tperi
od, thesmalladvantagei
twoul dgai
nwouldn'tbe
enoughf ort
heGui l
dtoundergoaqualitativ
et ransformati
on.Onlybyhav ingcompletecontr
ol
overthetowerwouldZeroWingbuil
daf oundationsol i
denought odominateGod'sDomain.

Now t
hatCri
msonEmperorandUnyi
eldi
ngSoulhadseenthepreli
minar
ypartsofhi
spl
an
comi
ngtofr
uit
ion,
thet
woGui
ldswoul
dalsohav
emoreconf
idencei
nZeroWing.

Meanwhil
e,I
ll
usor
yWor dsand Uny
iel
ding Hear
tsimult
aneouslycont
act
ed t
hei
rrespect
ive
super
ior
sandsecr
etl
ydi
scussedt
hepar
tnershi
pShiFengproposed.

Att hi
sti
me,ZeroWi nghadgi
vent
hem t
woopt
ions.Mor
eov
er,t
heyhadt
ochoosebet
ween
theseopt
ionsr
ightnow.

Thef ir
stopt ionwast ogi veuponf ur
thercooper
ati
onandf ocusonl yonobt ai
ningsomebenef its
from theSecr etCovenantTower .Af t
erward,t
hetowerwoul dnolongerhav eanyconnectionwi th
theirtwoGui lds,becomi ngthecompet it
iongroundoft heot hersuper power s,i
nst
ead.The
secondopt ionwast of ur
thertheircooperati
onwithZeroWi ng,takingful
lcont r
oloftheSecr et
Cov enantTowerandmaki nganenemyofev er
yothersuper poweront heeast erncont
inent.If
theirplansucceeded, thei
rGuildswoul dgainanendlessstream ofresourcesandTi er3players.
Iftheyf ai
led,itwouldn'tbesurprisingift
heirGui
ldsdisbanded.

Thi
swasagambl
ethatputev
ery
thi
ngont
hel
ine!

Af
terdiscussi
ngformorethantenmi nut
es,Il
lusor
yWor
dsandUny
iel
dingHear
tsi
mul
taneousl
y
di
sconnectedthei
rcal
lsandlookedatShiFeng.

"Guil
d LeaderBlackFlame,Cr imson Emperorhasdeci ded t
otakey ourgamblethist i
me.
Howev er
,wehav eaconditi
onf ordoi
ngso,"Il
lusoryWor dssaidsl
owly."I
fyoucannotagreeto
thiscondi
ti
on,wecannotf ur
therourpartner
ship.""Brot
herBlackFlame,itist
hesamef ormy
side,aswell
,"Unyi
eldi
ngHeartsaidwithabittersmi l
e."Youarepl
ay i
ngwi t
htoobigafir
et hi
s
ti
me.Ourhesi t
ati
onisnat
ural.
"

"Goahead.
"ShiFengwasn'tatal
lsurpr
isedbyt
hisr
esponse.Af
teral
l,t
hebethepr
oposed
basi
cal
lyi
nvol
vedthei
rGui
lds'
li
feordeat
h.

Howev er
,notevery
onewoul dhavetheopport
unitytomakesuchabet ,eit
her.Thet woGuilds
shouldknowthisaswell
,whichwaswhyt heydidnotrefusehi
soff
erout r
ight.I
nstead,t
heyhad
chosentoaccepthisofferwhil
eincreasi
ngtheirchancesofsur
vivalasmuchaspossi bl
eby
addingcondi
ti
ons.Inf
act,i
twouldbestrangei
ftheydidn'
tdoso.

"
I'
m guessingther equir
ementofourtwoGuildsshouldbet
hesame."Wit
hahel pl
esssmile,
I
ll
usoryWor dssai
d, "
IfZeroWi
ng'
splanthi
sti
mef ai
ls,
Cri
msonEmper
orwantshal
fofSil
ver
wing
Ci
ty'
sprofi
ts."

Unyi
eldi
ngHeartnoddedinagr eement.ThepriceShiFengwasaskingt
heirtwoGuil
dst
opay
wasnolaughi
ngmatter.I
ftheplanreall
yfai
led,
t hei
rGui
ldswoul
dbedoomedforsur
e.Howev
er,
i
ftheyhadSil
ver
wingCity
'sincome,theycouldmor eorl
esssur
viv
etheor
deal.

"
Thatwon'
tbeapr
obl
em,
"ShiFenganswer
edwi
thoutt
hesl
ight
estbi
tofhesi
tat
ion.

Sincehehadinvi
tedthetwoGuil
dsi
ntoanal
li
ance,henatur
all
yhadtopr
ovi
det
hem wi
thasaf
e
pathofret
reat
.Other
wise,whowoul
dbewil
li
ngtotakesucharisk?

Afterall,ev
enifCrimsonEmper orandUny i
eldi
ngSoulsecuredonlyasmalladvantagethrough
theSecr etCovenantTower,theycouldsti
llbecomet i
tansi
nGod' sDomain,unl
ikeZeroWi ng.
Andev enifthetwoGui l
dsmanagedt ogainfullcont
roloverthetower
,thei
rsituati
onwoul d
i
mpr ov
eonl ysli
ghtl
y.Theywoul dbeast epaheadoft hev
arioussuper
powersbutst i
llbeno
mat chfortheFiveGreatSuperGuil
ds.

v
e

ShiFeng'
sdeci
siv
enessst
unnedI
ll
usor
yWor
dsandUny
iel
dingHear
t.
Intheiropini
on,Silv
erwi
ngCi t
ywasZer oWi ng'
sl astpathofr etr
eat.I
twasalsooneofZer o
Wing'smai nsourcesofincomerightnow andwoul dmostl ikelyremainsointhef
utur
e.One
couldsayt hatsol ongasSi l
ver
wingCi t
yr emainedst andi
ng,Zer oWi ngwoul
dconti
nuet o
survi
vei nGod'sDomai n.Howev er,ShiFeng had agreed to giveitsincomeawaywithout
hesit
ation.

Whatt
hetwoofthem di
dnotknowwast
hatShiFenghadnev
eroncedeemedSi
lver
wingCi
tyor
St
oneFor
estCi
tythati
mport
ant.

TheSmal
lMobi
leFor
tresswast
hewayt
ogo!

Ev
enifhisplanfail
edthisti
meandhemanagedtogatheronl
yasmallpor
ti
onoft
heSmal
l
Mobi
leFor
tress'
sconst
ructi
onmat
eri
als,
hewoul
d'
vepr
ofi
tedmassi
vel
y.

I
nhisprev
iouslif
e,Guil
dshadbeenwi
ll
ingtoexchangethr
eeMainGuil
dCiti
esforoneSmal
l
Mobi
leFor
tress,
letal
oneameasl
yBasi
cCity
.Eventhen,
noGuil
dhadaccept
edthetr
ade.

Fol
lowingthi
s,Il
lusoryWordsandUny ieldi
ngHear tsi
gnedaGui ldContr
actwithShiFengon
behal
fofthei
rrespectiveGuil
ds.Asstipulatedi
nt hecontr
act,CrimsonEmperorandUny i
eldi
ng
Soulwoulddoev eryt
hingtheycouldtosuppor tZeroWi ngduringthisti
me.BothGuildswould
al
sopayt womill
ionMagi cCrystal
sandf ivemill
ionGoldCoinst oZeroWing.I
nexchange,Zero
Wingwouldhavet ogiveupallofSil
ver
wi ngCity
'sincometothet woGuil
dsshouldtheplanfai
l.

WhentheGui
ldCont ractt
ookeffect
,bothIl
lusor
yWor dsandUny i
eldi
ngHear
tbr
eathedouta
deepsi
ghofreli
ef.Thiswasundoubtedl
ythescari
estandcrazi
estwagert
heyhadparti
cipat
ed
i
n,int
hei
rent
ireli
ves.

"
Brot
herBl
ackFl
ame,
whatdoy
ouneedust
odonext
?"Uny
iel
dingHear
taskedShiFeng.

Wi
tht
hecont
ractsi
gned,
thei
rtwoGui
ldswoul
dmov
eaccor
dingt
oShiFeng'
sar
rangement
.

Moreover,Unyiel
dingHeartwasalsocuri
ousaboutwhatShiFengneededt hei
rtwoGui l
ds'
str
engthfor.Al
thoughhedidn'
tknowwhatitcostt
oconstr
uctaSmallMobi
leFortr
ess,
thepri
ce
defi
nit
elywasn'tsomethingevenfi
vesuperpowersworki
ngtoget
hercoul
daf for
d.Other
wise,
MobileFort
resseswouldn'
tbesorar
eint
hev ari
ouski
ngdomsandempires.

"There'
snot hi
ngmuchy oucandonow.Yourt woGuil
dsjustneedtofocusonlocki
ngdownt he
SecretCov enantTower.Atthesamet i
me,sendsomet r
ustwort
hymember stoexpl
orethe30th
fl
oorandbey ondtoobtainasmanyTi er3Legaci
esaspossibl
e."Aft
ergiv
ingthematt
erfurt
her
thought,ShiFengsaid,"
Inaddit
ion,
I'
llneedyourt
woGuildstoorgani
zea100-manteam ofpeak
experts,
whi chwil
lfol
lowmet oaplace."

"
A100-
mant
eam ofpeakexper
ts?
"ShiFeng'
swor
dsshockedUny
iel
dingHear
t.

Evenworkingtoget
her
,Cri
msonEmperorandUnyi
eldi
ngSoulwoul
dn'
tbeabl
etof
orm sucha
team.Atbest,
theywoul
dbeabl
etobr
ingout70or80peakexper
ts.

"Canyoutel
luswher ewe'r
egoing?"Il
lusor
yWor
dsfr
ownedatShiFeng'
swords.Peakexpert
s
werethepil
lar
softheirGuil
ds.Fi
eldi
ngsomanypeakexper
tsf
oroneoperat
ionwouldplacea
heavybur
denontheirGuil
ds.

Chuckl
ing,
ShiFenganswer
edhonest
ly,
"TheRui
nedMount
ainRange!
"

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

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p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
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Chapt
er2753–GodSl
ayer
’sTr
easur
e

"
TheRui
nedMount
ainRange?
"
I
ll
usor
yWor dsandUny iel
dingHear
twer
est
unnedbyShiFeng'
sanswer
,thei
rcompl
exi
ons
t
urni
ngindescr
ibabl
ygr
im.

Thetwoofthem wer
enotunf amil
iarwi
tht
henameRuinedMount
ainRange.Ont
hecont
rar
y,
thi
swasanamethatresoundedamongthev
ari
oussuper
power
s.

Thesuperpowersusual
lysentscout
stocheckoutLevel100-
plusneut
ralmaps,whi
chhadmany
dangerzones.Somesuperpowerswoul
deveninvest
igateLev
el130toLevel150neut
ralmaps.

Oft
heexpl
orat
ionsconduct
edbythesuper
powers,noneoft
heexpl
orat
iont
eamst
heysenti
nto
t
heRui
nedMount ai
nRangehadret
urnedal
ive.

Yes!

Despi
tet
heRuinedMountai
nRangebei ngonl
yaLev el120-
plusneut
ralmap,noneoftheexper
t
pl
ayer
sthatent
eredi
thadret
urnedal
ive.Inf
act,
theydidn'
tevenknowhowt heydi
ed.

Aftersuffer
ingsuchbi zarr
elosses,thesuperpower
sstoppedattempti
ngtoexploretheRuined
Mount ainRange.Af t
eral l
,theplayerscapableofent
eringLevel120-pl
usneutralmapswer e
i
ncr edibl
ystrongexperts,
withevent heweakestamongthem bei
ngattheFlowi
ngWat erRealm.
Event hesuperpowerscouldn'taf
fordtohavetoomanyofsuchexpertsdyi
ng.

Duetothi
sreason,t
heRui
nedMount
ainRangehadbecomeaf
orbi
ddenl
andf
ort
hev
ari
ous
super
power
s.

Eventhought
hesuperpower
sal
readyhadLevel118-
plusexper
tpl
ayer
sundert
hei
rcommand
now,noneoft
hem dar
edmakeanotherat
tempt
.

Aft
erawhile,Unyi
eldi
ngHear taskednervousl
y,"Mustwegoi nt her
e?"Peakexpert
swerethe
mainpi
ll
arssupport
ingthei
rGuilds.Eventhedeat
hofoneoft heseexpert
swoulddist
resst
hem.
I
twouldbeanabsolutenight
mar eifsever
aldozenofthem di
ed.

"Mhm.Wemust .EnteringtheRuinedMount ainRangei stheprerequi

sit
ef oroursuccess,"Shi
Fengsai d,
noddi ng.Ifpossibl
e,hewoul dn'
twantt
oent ertheRuinedMount ai
nRangeatt histi
me,
eit
her.Howev er,theRui nedMount ainRangewashi sonl yopt i
ontosecur eal argeamountof
resourcesquickly.Thiswasbecauset heRuinedMount ai
nRangewasat rueforbiddenl
andwi th
thelowestl evelrequirement.Playershadachanceofsur vi
vingintheneut r
almapsol ongas
theyreachedLev el120.Mor eover
,t heRuinedMount ainRangewasal sooneoft hemosthighly
contestedforbiddenlandsi nhispr
ev i
ouslif
e.

Al
thoughtheRui
nedMountai
nRangewaslabel
edaforbi
ddenl
and,
itwasn'
taf
orbi
ddenl
andf
or
al
lli
fe.I
nst
ead,i
twasonl
yaforbi
ddenl
andforhumans.

Humanswouldfacegr
eatdangerwhenent
eri
ngt
heRui
nedMount
ainRange;howev
er,non-
humanswoul
dn'
t.

Mosti
mpor
tant
ly,
thecl
uehehadt
otheGodSl
ayerl
edhi
mtot
heRui
nedMount
ainRange.

Aft
eranal
yzi
ngthemapclueandwit
hhisunderstandi
ngoftheRuinedMount
ainRange,
hefelti
t
washighl
yli
kel
ythatoneoft
heGodSlay
er'
streasureswashiddeninsi
det
hefor
biddenl
and.

TheEar
thf
allSecr
etLand!

Thiswassomet hinghehadonlyheardofduringhispr ev
iouslif
e.Alt
houghhedi dn'
tknowwho
activ
atedt heEar thf
allSecr
etLand,whathedidknowwast hattheFi
veGr eatSuperGui
ldshad
dispatchedov er40Ti er5exper
tstocontestf
orit.Thestrugglebetweentheseexpert
shadv er
y
nearlyflat
tenedt heRuinedMountai
nRange'souterarea.

AstowhattheEart
hfal
lSecr
etLandcontai
ned,
ther
ehadbeenallsor
tsofr
umor
sabouti
tint
he
out
sidewor
ld.However,
nobodyact
uall
yhadaconcret
eanswer
.

Thi
swasbecauseshortl
yaf
tertheEart
hfal
lSecretLandappeared,t
hreeoft
heFi veGreatSuper
Gui
ldshadjoi
nedforcestomonopolizethatplace.ThethreeGuildshadprohibit
ednotonl y
out
sider
sfr
om ent
eri
ngbutev enthei
rowni nt
ernalmembers.Themi nimum condit
iontoenter
t
heEar
thf
allSecr
etLandhadbeenbei
ngaTi
er4cor
emember
.

Nevert
heless,onethingwascertain:theLandf
allSecretLandwasadi f
fer
entdi
mensiontheGod
Sl
ayerhadcr eated.Thesecretlandhadboast edanabundanceofr i
chesandoreveins.Magic
Cry
stalscouldalsobef oundallar ound.I
twasn'tapl acetheout si
dewor l
dcoul
dcompar eto.
Hence,ShiFengi nt
endedtotakeal ookattheEarthf
allSecretLand.

Howev er
,the road l
eading t
ot he Ear
thfallSecretLand wasa t r
eacher
ousone.Af teral
l,
countl
essTier4playershaddiedintheRui nedMountainRangeinhisprevi
ousl
ife.EvenTi
er5
play
ershadfall
eninthemap.I twasn'
taplacet hatl
oneindi
vidual
scoul
deasil
ytr
av er
se.

Theref
ore,ShiFengpl
annedt
otapt
hepowerofCr
imsonEmper
orandUny
iel
dingSoulf
ort
his
endeavor.

"TheRuinedMountainRangeisextraor
dinar
y.Nottomenti
on,thet
woofourGui l
dsdon'
teven
haveenoughpeoplet ofor
m a100-manteam ofpeakexper
ts.I
'
m af
rai
dit
'sgoingtobedi
ffi
cult
tosur
vivethere,
"Il
lusor
yWordsstated."Howaboutweincl
udesomeaddit
ionalTi
er3expert
s?
Thatwil
lincr
easeourchances.
"

Compar
edt oTier3peakexperts,or
dinar
yTier3exper
tswer
ef arlesspr
ized.I
ftheycame
acr
ossdangeroussit
uati
ons,t
heycoul dhav
et heordi
nar
yexpert
sscoutaheadi nst
eadof
put
ti
ngthepeakexper
tsatri
sk.

Thi
smet
hodwasf
requent
lyempl
oyedbysuper
power
swhenexpl
ori
ngf
orbi
ddenl
ands.

"
No."Shaki
nghishead,
ShiFengsmiledandsai
d,"
Theonespar
ti
cipat
ingi
nthi
sexpedi
ti
onar
en'
t
j
ustexper
tsfr
om yourt
woGuilds.Ot
herexper
tswi
llcomewi
thus,aswell
."

"
Otherexper
ts?
""Ar
etheysaf
e?"

I
ll
usor
yWordsandUnyi
eldi
ngHeartwer
econfusedbyShiFeng'
swords.Theoper
ati
ont
hist
ime
wasevi
dent
lyat
opsecr
et.Theycoul
dn'
taf
for
dt oi
nvi
teoutsi
der
satall
.

Moreov
er,theoperat
ionhadhighr
equir
ement
sforplay
ers.Theyf
oundithar
dtobel
iev
ethat
Zer
oWi ngact
uall
yhadotheral
li
est
hatcoul
dbetr
ust
edforthi
soper
ati
on.

"Mhm.They'
resafe.Thei
rst
rengt
hisal
somor
ethanenought
opar
ti
cipat
eint
hisoper
ati
on,
"Shi
Fengsai
d,chuckl
ing.

TheEarthfal
lSecretLandwasapl acethattheFiv
eGr eatSuperGuil
dshadconsi
dereda
str
ategi
cresource.Oncet
her
e,henatur
all
ycoul
dn'
texpl
oreitt
ogetherwi
thCr
imsonEmperor
's
andUnyiel
dingSoul'
smembers.

However,expl
ori
ngthesecr
etlandbyhimsel
fwasalsoi
mpossibl
e.Hence,heneededtobr
ing
someotherpeoplewit
hhim.Only,
out
sider
sdi
dnotknowthatt
hesepeoplewereact
uall
ypar
tof
Zer
oWi ng.

Af
terwar
d,ShiFenghadill
usor
yWordsandUnyi
eldi
ngHear
tgat
hert
hei
rGui
lds'peakexper
ts
whi
lehecont
actedtheAsur
aadvent
urert
eam.

Asf ortheSecretCovenantTower,hetaskedFir
eDanceandt herestofZer
oWi ng'
smainforce
tohandl eit
.Af t
erall
,theexpedi
tiont
ot heRuinedMount ai
nRangewoul dtakealotoftime.
SinceFireDanceandt heother
scouldalreadychal
lenget
heirTi
er4Pr omot
ionQuests,i
twould
beal ossforthem t
oaccompanyhi m.

Bl
ackDr
agonEmpi
re,
ThousandRockTown:

Sever
aldozenfl
ashesappearedonthetown'
stel
eport
ati
onarr
ayasUny
iel
dingSoul
'
sand
Cri
msonEmperor
'speakexper
tsar
ri
vedi
nthi
sdesol
atebor
dert
own.

Al
thoughThousandRockTownwasknownasat own,t
herewerehardl
yanyNPCst here,l
et
al
oneplay
ers,becauseofthet
own'
sproxi
mit
ytotheRuinedMountai
nRange.Theneutr
almap
wassodangerousthatev
enNPCswishedt
oavoi
dit.
Afterglanci
ngatthedesolat
est reet
,Bl
ueGowneyedShiFeng,whostoodnearby
.Shethen
askedIll
usoryWordscur
iousl
ythroughapri
vat
econv
ersat
ion,
"Bi
gSi
sIl
lusor
y,whodoyout
hink
GuildLeaderBl
ackFlameinvi
ted?
"

Inheropinion,t
heirt
eam,whi chconsi
stedent
irel
yofpeakexpert
sorbet
ter
,wasincr
edi
blyr
are
evenintheent i
reGod'sDomai n.Shef
ounditinconcei
vabl
ethatZer
oWingcoul
dinvi
teanot
her
team capableofri
val
ingthei
rs.

Asidefr
om t hemanypeakexper t
s,thei
rteam hadIll
usor
yWor dsandUny iel
dingHeart.The
for
merwasaCl er
icwhost
oodatt hepinnacl
eofGod'sDomain,whil
ethelat
terwasaBer ser
ker
wit
hDef enseri
vali
ngMTclasses.Therewasal soBl
ueGownher sel
f,whowast hethi
rd-
ranked
Guardi
anKnightinCri
msonEmper or
'smainforce.

Atthisstageofthegame,onlytheFiveGr eatSuperGuil
dswoul dbecapabl eoffi
eldi
ngsucha
team." Idon'
tknow.Accor ding t
ot he infor
mation we gathered,onl ythe Dr
agon-Phoeni
x
Pavil
ion'
sPhoenixRainmi ghtbeofhel p.Howev er,Phoeni
xRai ndi sappear
ed,soZer oWing
shouldn'
thaveanyothercapableal
li
es,"Il
lusor
yWor dsrepli
ed,shakingherhead.She,too,was
curi
ousabouttheall
iesShiFengmentioned.

Short
lyafterIl
lusoryWordsandBl ueGownspokewi
theachot
her
,adozenorsof
lashes
appearedonthetelepor
tat
ionar
rayoncemor
e.

When t hese new arri

vals wal
ked outofthe t
elepor
tat
ion arr
ay,bot
hI l
lusor
y Words and
Unyielding Heartwer eshocked.Everyoneofthesenew ar ri
valsr
adi
atedanast oni
shi
ngly
power fulaura.Byt hel ooksofit
,notonlyhadt heyunlockedthei
rManaBodi es,butthei
r
progressshoul d'
vereached100%aswel l
.

Thecall
ousmanwalkingatt
heheadoft
hegr
oupwassomeoneev
enI
ll
usor
yWor
dsand
Unyi
eldi
ngHear
thadt
obewaryof
.

Li
ght
ningDemonLi
fel
essThor
n!

Lif
elessThor nwasaruthlessper
sonwhopersistedinchal
lengi
ngthev
ari
ousexpert
sofGod's
Domai n.Somet i
meago,hehadev enf
oughtStalwartSky
,oneoftheBat
tl
eWolves'
sWolfKings,
toadr aw andwaslabeledbyt heSecr
etPav i
li
onasoneoft heeast
ernconti
nent
'stopten
rookies.

Atthisti
me,Lifel
essThornboastednotonl
yahighl evelof122butalsosevenpiecesofEpic
Equipment.Andalthoughhehadhiddent
hegloweffectofthespearhecarr
iedonhisback,the
archai
cmagi cpat
ternsengr
avedonitbet
ray
edthespear'ssuper
ior
it
ytoordi
naryEpicWeapons.

TheAsur aadv ent

urerteam!Whyar et heyhere?Il
lusoryWordsandUny iel
dingHear twer edy i
ng
ofcur i
osityatthesightofLi f
elessThor n'sgroup.Af t
erall,theAsuraadv entur
ert eam was
currentl
ya t op adventurerteam i n God' s Domain.Mor eover,itpossessed an i ncredibl
y
my ster
iousbackground.Notonl ydidt headventurerteam conquermanyhi gh-dif
fi
cul t
y,lar
ge-
scale Team Dungeons,butt he adv enturerteam'smember sal so possessed unf athomable
str
engt h.Many oft he adv enturerteam' s member s had even reached the Spir i
tuali
zati
on
Realm[1],whichall
owedt hem toexhi bitextr
aordi
narycombatpower .Vari
oussuper power shad
fr
ant i
call
ytri
edtorecruitt
headv enturerteam.

However,t
heAsuraadventur
erteam hadr ej
ectedallt
heof
fers.Al
thoughmanysuperpowers
hadsentteamsledbypeakexpertsinretali
ati
on,noneoft
heseteamssucceeded.Moreover
,
theset
eamsusuall
yret
urnedwit
hheavylosses.

"
Ever
yone'
sher
e.Let
'sgo.
"

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2754–For
biddenLandf
orHumans
"Ever
yone'sher e?"Il
lusor
yWor dsandUny i
eldingHear tturnedtoShiFengi nastonishment.
"Coul
di tbet hem?"NotonlydidtheAsuraadventurerteam possessareputationontheeast ern
conti
nentofGod' sDomain,butaccor
dingtor umor,theadv entur
erteam alsocontrolledmor e
thanhal foftheIceCr yst
alWorld.Al
loftheadv enturerteam'scoremember swerei ncredi
bly
my st
erious.Fr om ti
me t oti
me,unhear d-
ofpower f
ulgeni uses woul
d al so appeari nt he
adventurerteam.

Itwasalsobrui
tedaboutthattheAsuraadventurert
eam hadanincredi
blypowerfulcommander.
Thiscommanderwasel usiveandmy st
eri
ous.Rumorhadi tthatevenLifelessThorncoul
dn't
survi
veonehi tfrom thi
scommanderandt hatLif
elessThornwaschal l
engingthevari
ous
superpower
s'expert
ssocr azi
lybecausehewant edtochal
lengeAsura'
scommanderoncemor e.

Thi
ssi
tuat
ioni
nst
il
ledf
eari
nthev
ari
oussuper
power
s.

Forthisr
eason,God'
sDomai n'
ssuperpowerssuspectedthattheAsur
aadvent
urerteam hadthe
backingofamy ster
iousandpowerfulfor
ce.Inf act
,theyevensuspect
edthatthi
smy ster
ious
backerwassomeonef rom t
heUpperZone'stoplayer
.

TheAsur
aadv entur
erteam hadarr
ogant
lyrej
ect
edmanyoft
hepowerst
hatwi
shedt
orecr
uiti
t.
Thi
s,intur
n,result
edinmanycl ashesbet
weenAsuraandthev
ari
ouspower
s.Andthemore
Asur
afought,
themor efamousitbecame.

Now,
howev
er,
itwasact
ual
lyr
eveal
edt
hatAsur
ahadagoodr
elat
ionshi
pwi
thZer
oWi
ng.

"
Mhm.They
'l
lbemov ingwi
thusl
ateron,
"ShiFengsai
d.Het
hennoddedatLi
fel
essThor
nand
t
heot
her
singreet
ing

Act
ual
ly
,evenShiFengwassomewhatsur
pri
sedwhenhesawLi
fel
essThornandt
heot
her
s.He
nev
ert
houghtt
hattheywoul
dimprov
esomuchi nt
heti
mehehadn'
tseenthem.

Now,LifelessThor nandtheot her

ssurpassedFi r
eDanceandZer oWing'
sothermainforce
member sinl ev
els.Moreover
,Lifel
essThorn'
saur asuggest
edt
hathewashalfast epi
ntothe
DomainReal m alr
eady.ShiFenghadt oadmitthatthemanwastrulyabat
tl
emaniac.Al
though
hisfr
enziedlychall
engi
ngGod' sDomain'
svariousexpert
shadearnedhi
m alotofenemi
es,the
exper
ienceher ackedupall
owedhi mtoimproverapidl
y.

Asf orSolitaryNi
ne,YanYa,Cl eansingWhi stl
e,andt heot hersstandingbesi
deLi f
elessThorn,
they,too,hadmadesi gnifi
canti mpr ovement.Itwasev i
dentt heywer eattheFl owingWat er
Realm already.Moreover,theywer en'tallthatfarfr
om reachi ngtheVoi dRealm,eit
her.Ifthey
receiv
edenl i
ght
enmentnow,t heymi ghtv erywellbreakt hroughtot henextleveli
mmedi atel
y.
Meanwhi le,ShiFeng'
sintroductionoft hem renderedLif
elessThor nandt heothersmoment aril
y
speechless.TheynoddedatI llusoryWor dsandUny iel
dingHear tinacknowledgment ,noneof
them showi nganyint
enti
onofspeaki ngt othetwost r
anger s.

Atthi
sti
me,Soli
tar
yNi nespoketoShiFengexcit
edl
ythroughapri
vat
econversat
ion,aski
ng,
"Commander
,whatdoyouthinkoft
hepeoplewebroughtt
histi
me?Ever
yone'
scombatpoweri s
onparwi
thpeakexper
ts.Wedidn'
tshameyou,r
ight
?".

"I
ndeed.Ineverthoughtyouwould managetorecr
uitso manyt
alent
s,"ShiFeng sai
din
astoni
shmentashestudi
edAsur
a'st
eam member
s.

Quit
eafew oft heAsur
amember spresentwer epeoplehewasunacquaintedwit
hpersonal
ly
.
However
,hehadhear dofaf ewoft
hesepeopl einhisprevi
ousli
fe.Al
lofthem hadbeenwell
-
knownsoloexpertsi
nthegame.Twooft hem hadev enr
eachedTier5,onl
ysli
ghtl
yinf
eri
orto
Li
fel
essThorn,whohadreachedt
heDemi godstandard.

ShiFengtrul
yhadnotimagi
nedthatLi
fel
essThor
nandt
heot
her
swoul
dbeabl
etor
ecr
uital
l
thesepeopl
eint
otheAsur
aadvent
urert
eam.

Foll
owing t
his,Sol i
taryNinet old ShiFeng aboutrecentevent
s,menti
oning t
hattheyhad
acci
dental
lystrayedi ntoamagi calplacewher
et i
mef l
owedatacompletel
ydiff
erentr
ate,and
theplayer
sr esidi
ngt her
ewer ei ncredi
blyst
rong.I
nt hatmagicalpl
ace,Refi
nementRealm
expert
swereconsi deredthir
d-r
at e;t
heywerenobigdealwhatsoev
er.
Thepl
ayer
sther
ewerealsov
eryhigh-l
evel
ed,wi
thsomehavingevenreachedLevel130alr
eady
.
WhenSoli
tar
yNi
neandtheother
sv i
sit
edthatpl
ace,
theyhadbeenutt
erlydumbfounded.

Duringthei
rstayinthatmagicalpl
ace,theyhadfrequent l
yfoughtwiththeexpertsthere.This
all
owedt hem togainalotofinspi
rat
ionandimpr ovement .Unf
ortunat
ely,thesyst
em abr uptl
y
broughtthem backt othemaincontinentforsomer eason.Whent heyr etur
ned,thei
rlev el
s
surpassedthatoft
hesuperpowers'
peakexpertsbyal argemargin.

Soli
tar
yNi
ne'stal
esurpr
isedShiFeng.Henev
ert
houghtt
hatGod'
sDomai
nwoul
dact
ual
lyhav
e
suchamagicalar
ea.

However
, whenherememberedthatGentl
eSnowandAquaRosehadfoughti
nadiffer
entworl
d
f
oreight
yy ear
s,heconcl
udedt hatthesit
uat
ionLi
fel
essThornandt heother
shadf ound
t
hemselvesinwasnothi
ngtofussabout.

Meanwhil
e,Cr
imsonEmperor
'sandUnyi
eldi
ngSoul
'smember
salsof
ini
shedthei
rpr
eparat
ions
t
osetof f
.Fol
lowi
ngwhich,ever
yonegotonthei
rFly
ingMount
sandflew t
owardtheRuined
Mountai
nRange.

TheRui
nedMount
ainRangeoccupi
edahugear
eaont
hecont
inentofGod'
sDomai
n.

Accordi
ngt opl
ayers'
estimates,
theenti
reRui
nedMount ai
nRangecouldriv
althecombi
nedarea
offi
veorsi xempir
esandconnect edmanyplaces.Theneutralmap'
sLevel120regi
onwasonly
theperipher
y.I
fplayerswishedt osur
vivei
nthemap' sinnerregi
on,t
heywouldhavetoreach
Level150attheveryleast
.

AsfortheRuinedMount ai
nRange'scor
earea,onl
yLev
el180-
plus,Ti
er5exper
tscoul
dent
er
ther
e;evenLevel200,
Tier4exper
tswoul
dn'
tsurvi
ve.

Af
terf
lyi
ngforsev
enhoursst
rai
ght
,ShiFengandt
heot
her
sfi
nal
lysaw ast
ret
chofmaj
est
ic
mount
ainsont
hehori
zon.

Justthemount
ainsintheRuinedMountai
nRange'speri
pheryal
readyreachedheightsofmor e
than30,000met
ers.Theskyoft hemountai
nrangewasal soshroudedint hunder
clouds,and
purpl
eli
ghti
ngar
csfrequent
lyappear
ed,
bombardingthemountai
nr ange.

CS

ThoseseeingtheRuinedMount ai
nRangeforthef
ir
stt
imewer
einev
itabl
yst
unnedbyt
he
magnif
icentanddest
ruct
ivescenebef
oret
hem.

"We'r
edescendi
ng!
"ShiFengi
nst
ruct
edev
ery
oneaf
tert
aki
ngal
ookatt
hemount
ainr
ange
ahead.

Fl
yi
ngMountscouldn'
tfl
yintot
heRui
nedMount
ainRange.I
fpl
ayer
swi
shedt
oent
ert
heneut
ral
map,t
heyhadt
or elyont
heirownt
wofeet
.

ThiswasbecauseevenTi er5expert
scouldn'twi
thstandt
hepurpleli
ghtni
ng.EvenaLev el200,
Tier5GuardianKnightwoul dfal
laftersuff
eri
ngt hreet
ofiv
el ight
ningstr
ikes.Anyonewho
wishedtofl
yinsi
detheRui nedMountainRangewouldhavetoreachTier6fir
st.Onl
ythencould
theyendur
ethepurplel
ightning

Short
lyaft
erward,ShiFengandtheot
her
sar r
ivedinafor
estneart
heRui
nedMount
ainRange.
Theythenstor
edt hei
rFl
yingMount
soneaft
eranother
.

"Onceweent ertheRui nedMount ai

nRange,everyonemustst icktotheteam ascl osel
yas
possible.Youmustnotspl i
tofffr
om theteam underanycircumstances.Otherwise,you'
llbe
responsibleforthe consequences,"ShiFeng said aft
ereveryone had fi
nished organizi
ng
themsel v
es."Remember !Evenifsomeonebesideyoui saski
ngf orhel
p,orItellyout orunfor
yourliv
es, i
gnoreever
ything!Youmustcont
inuesti
ckingtotheteam andadvance!Weal soneed
tomov easf astaspossible!
"

Uponhear
ingShiFeng'
scommand,ev
ery
onepr
esentwassur
pri
sedandpuzzl
ed."
Gui
ldLeader
Bl
ackFlame,arewesupposedtoignoreev
eny ourcommandsaf terweent
ert
hemap?
"Bl
ue
Gownasked,herey
esf
il
ledwit
hquesti
onsasshelookedatShiFeng.

ShiFenghadclearl
ystatedbefor
ethatt
heyneededtoli
stentohi
severycommand.Yet
,now,he
wast el
li
ngthem toignorehiscommandsoncet heyenter
edtheRuinedMountai
nRange.His
i
nstruct
ionsweresi
mpl yincompr
ehensi
ble.

"Yes.Oncey ouent
er,y
oucani gnor
eanyofmycommandst emporari
ly
.Youcanal
soi
gnor
e
everyonear
oundyouunti
lthet
eam comest
oahal
t,
"ShiFengsai
d,noddi
ng.

"
Why
?"I
ll
usor
yWor
dswasal
sosl
ight
lyconf
usedbyt
hissi
tuat
ion."
Ist
her
eani
ll
usi
oni
nsi
de?
"

"I
'm notsur e,eit
her.Inanycase,t heenv i
ronmentinsideisv eryspeci
al.Youwi l
lsuf
ferfr
om
hallucinat
ionsoncey ouent er
.However,despit
ebeinghalluci
nations,
everyt
hingyouseeisn'
tan
i
llusion,butr ealinstead.Nobodycant el
lwhati srealorf akeoncei nside.Youcant r
eat
ever yt
hingasr eal
,andy oucanalsotreateveryt
hingasf ake,
"ShiFengsai dcalmly."
Theonly
thingIam certainofisthatstoppi
nginsidemeansdeat h!"

Thiswasal sowhyhehadCr i
msonEmperorandUnyiel
dingSouldispat
chonlypeakexpert
sfor
thi
sexpedi ti
on.Any
onecapableofbecomingapeakexper twouldpossessaf i
rm mindset
.
Meanwhi l
e,onlywit
haf irm mi
ndsetcoul
donepasst hroughtheRuinedMount ai
nRange's
peri
phery."How canther
ebesuchanenv i
ronment
?"Bl ueGownwasshockedatShiFeng' s
explanat
ion.

Asf arassheknew,forbi
ddenl
andswer
emerel
ypl
aceswi
thharshenvi
ronmentsandstr
ong
monsters.Yet,theRui
nedMountai
nRangewasact
ual
lyaplacethatsubject
edplay
ersto
hal
lucinat
ions?

Att hi
smoment ,letaloneBl ueGown,evenIll
usoryWor
dsandUnyiel
dingHearthadgr i
m
expressi
onsonthei
rfaces.Suddenl
y,t
heyunder
stoodwhyt
hev
ari
oussuperpower
s'exper
tshad
diedunawaresaf
terenter
ingtheRui
nedMountai
nRange.

I
nfact
,itwoul
dbest
rangei
ftheyknewhowt
heydi
ed!

I
nthi
swor
ld,
thescar
iestt
hingwast
heunknown.

Meanwhi
le,
theRui
nedMount
ainRangeundoubt
edl
yful
fi
ll
edt
hiscondi
ti
on.

Alt
houghtheydidn'tknow whetherther
ewer eanymonstersintheRuinedMount ai
nRange'
s
peri
pher
y,justt
heuni queenvi
ronmental onemadei tascar
yplace.I
nf act
,itwouldn'
tbean
exagger
ati
ontocallitt
hescari
estplacetheyhadvi
sit
edsi
nceenteri
ngGod'sDomain.

TheRui
nedMount
ainRanget
rul
ydeser
vedi
tsr
eput
ati
onasaf
orbi
ddenl
andf
orhumans!

"
Alr
ight
,let
'sheadinsi
de,"ShiFengsai
daf
terseei
ngt
hatev
ery
onehaddi
gest
edhi
swor
ds.
"
Remember!Sti
cktotheteam!"

Af
ter
war
d,ShiFengl
edt
het
eam t
oamount
ainpat
hthatl
edi
ntot
heRui
nedMount
ainRange.

Themount ai
npathwasr
elat
ivel
ycl
oseby
.Ti
er3pl
ayer
swoul
dtakeonl
yaf
ewmi
nut
est
ocr
oss
thedi
stanceonfoot
.

Lessthantenminuteslat
er,t
heteam of100-plusplay
ersent
eredtheRui
nedMount
ainRange'
s
peri
meter.Themomentev eryonesetfootint
ot heneutr
almap,thei
rmoodgr
ewsolemn.They
al
sof ol
lowedShiFeng'
scommandandst uckcl
osetoeachother.

Theteam advancedataslowpace.EventheTier3magi
cal-
classplay
ersoftheteam managed
tokeepupeasi l
y.TheRuinedMount ai
nRange'senvi
ronmentwassur pr
isi
nglybett
erthan
every
onei magi
ned;t
hemapdi dnotconstant
lysapt
hei
rStami naorConcent
rati
on.I
nfact,ver
y
l
it
tlefor
eignenergyi
nvadedt
heirbodi
eshere.

Aroundhalfanhourl at
er,theteam st
il
lhadnotcomeacr ossasi ngl
emonster.Thewhol
e
mount ai
nrangewassurpri
singl
ysafeandpeacef
ul.Unli
kewhattheyimagi
ned,t
hemapwasn'
t
i
nfestedwithmonst
ersthatcoul
deasil
ytrampl
eoverTier3pl
ayer
s.
"I
tseemstheRuinedMountai
nRangeisn'
tabigdeal,aft
erall
,"BlueGownsaidassheobserved
hersur
roundi
ngs.Undert
heci
rcumst
ances,heri
nit
ialexpect
ationhaddi
sappear
edcompletel
y.

AtBlueGown'
swor ds,every
oneintheteam alsostart
edtofeelt
hatShiFenghadblownthi
ngs
outofpr
oport
ion.Hehadonl ymadethem needlessl
yanxi
ous."Bl
ue,I
'l
lhavetorel
yonyouonce
monster
sstar
tappearinglat
eron,
"aLevel119f emaleSummonersaidtoBlueGown.

"
Sur
e,nopr
obl
em.I
'
llmakesur
enomonst
erget
sneary
ou,
"Bl
ueGownsai
dconf
ident
ly.

Thef
emal
eSummonerf
eltr
eli
evedatBl
ueGown'
sassur
ance.

Ci
!

Thenextmoment,thesoundofsomethi
ngsplashingsuddenl
yenter
edever
yone'
sear
s.The
smellofbl
oodalsoquickl
yspreadi
ntothesurroundi
ngs.Meanwhil
e,ev
ery
oneintheteam
st
aredatt
hefemaleSummonerandBl
ueGowninshock.

"
You… Why ?
"The f emal
e Summonerst
ared atBl
ue Gown i
n conster
nati
on.Bef
ore anyone
r
eal
izedi
t,BlueGownhadstabbedt
hefemaleSummonerwit
hherlongsword,causi
ngthelatt
er
t
oloseHPcont i
nuousl
y.

BlueGownstar
edatt hefemaleSummonerinconf
usi
on.Abr
ightsmi
leappear
ingonherf
ace,
sheaskedi
nadissat
isfi
edtone,"
Whatwhy?"

Af
tersay
ingso,
BlueGownsl
ashedt
hef
emal
eSummoner
'st
hroat
,ki
ll
ingher
.

"
What
'sgoi
ngon?
"

Immedi
atel
y,t
hepeoplest
andi
ngbehi
ndBlueGownstaredatheri
nshockandconf
usi
on.They
coul
dn'
tunder
standwhyBl
ueGownwouldsuddenl
yat
tackafel
lowteammat
e.

Moreov
er,t
hesmil
eonherfacewasunspeakabl
yst
range.Thegazesheusedt
olookatt
hem
al
soseemedasi
fshewasn'
tlooki
ngathumans.

"
What'
sthemat t
erwithyouguys?"Bl
ueGownaskedinconf
usi
onwhenshesaw ev
ery
one
l
ooki
ngatherwari
ly
."Whyar
eyoulooki
ngatmel
iket
hat
?"

Howev er
,despit
eherwords,Bl
ueGownhadanindescr
ibabl
ycalm expr
essiononherface.Asif
shehadjuststeppedonanantbyther
oadsi
de,
shewascompl et
elyobli
vioustot
hefactthatshe
hadjustkil
ledoneofhert
eammates.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
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etusknowsowecan
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ixi
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ble.

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el.
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Chapt
er2755–Monst
er?

"
DidBl
uegetpossessedbyamonst
er?
"

"
Whatshoul
dwedonow?
"

"
Any
way
,let
'sst
epbackandkeepourdi
stance!
"

Ever
yoneslowl
ybackedawayf r
om BlueGownwhil
estaringatherinconf
usion.Aft
erall
,Blue
Gownpossessedextraor
dinaryst
rengt
haswellasahiddenclassforGuar
dianKnights.I
fthey
al
lowedhertogetcl
osetot hem,t
heywouldmeetasi
milarfat
etothatf
emaleSummoner .

Meanwhi
le,uponnot
ici
ngthepl
ayersbehi
ndherst
eppi
ngaway
,Bl
ueGownsl
owedherpaceand
l
ookedatherteammatesi
nconf
usion.
"
What
'st
hemat
terwi
thy
ouguy
s?"

Whil
eBlueGownaskedthisquest
ion,t
hel ongswordi
nherhandbloomedwi
thadazzl
ingl
ight
.
Thesur
roundi
ngspaceev
enbegant otwistfr
om theweapon'
spower.

"Notgood!Becar eful
!She'susi
ngaTi er3LegacySkil
l!We'l
ldefi
nit
elydi
eifwegethit!
"aTier3
expertfamili
arwi thBlueGownwar nedUny i
eldi
ngSoul'
sexperts.Aft
erwar
d,thi
spersondashed
str
aightintot henear byforest
.Thenextmoment ,severalotherpeakexpertsfr
om Cri
mson
Emper oralsohi di nthenearbyforestoneaf t
eranother.Uponseeingthis,Uny
iel
dingSoul'
s
expertscouldn'thelphesi
tati
ngoverwhethertofi
ghtorhide.

Ont heotherhand,
BlueGownwasconfusedwhenshesawCr imsonEmperor
'smembersf
leei
ng
TurningtowardthefemaleSummonerwhoshould'
velongsincebeendead,BlueGownasked,
"Tea,whatdoy out
hinki
swrongwi
ththem?Whydi dt
heylookatmeliket
hatjustnow?
"

"Idon'
tknow,ei
ther,
"thef
emaleSummonernamedCl earTeaanswer
ed,shaki
ngherhead.Wit
h
aconfusedexpressi
ononherface,shesaid,"
Whydon'
twefoll
owthem andtakeal
ook?It'
l
lbe
badiftheymovetoofarawayf
rom theteam."

"Iguessyou'
reright
."Bl
ueGownnoddedinagr eement
.Meanwhi
le,whenIl
lusor
yWords,who
stoodsomedistanceaheadofBl
ueGown,not
icedBlueGownspl
it
tingawayfrom t
het
eam,she
promptl
yslowedherpace.

"Bl
ue,whatar
ey oudoing?
"I l
lusor
yWordsshout
edatBl
ueGowni
ndi
ssat
isf
act
ion."
Also,who
haveyoubeental
kingt
oallthi
st i
me?"

"Me?"Turni
ngtowar
dIl
lusor
yWor
ds,Bl
ueGownanswer
ed,"
Hav
en'
tIbeent
alki
ngt
oCl
earTea
allt
hist
ime?"

"
ClearTea?"Looki
ngatBlueGownstr
angely,Il
lusor
yWordssai
d,"Isn'
tTeaatthefrontoft
he
t
eam? ""
Thef r
ont?
"BlueGownimmediatel
yt ur
nedt ol
ookatClearTea.However,befor
eshe
r
eali
zedit,t
hefemaleSummonerwhom shehadbeenchat t
ingwit
hmer ri
lyj
ustamomentago
wasnowheretobeseen."
Wheredi
dshego? "

"
Wai
t,whyhav
esomanyofourmember
sgonemi
ssi
ng?
"Il
lusor
yWor
dsaskedi
nconf
usi
on.

"
Idon'
tknow whatgotint
ot hem,buttheysuddenl
yret
reatedint
othef
orestov
ert
her
e,"Bl
ue
Gownsai
d,shaki
ngherhead.She,t
oo,wasconfusedatt
hissit
uati
on.

"No!Wewer efooled!
"Il
lusor
yWor ds'
scomplexi
ondar
kenedwhenshesawt hattheent
ir
erear
secti
onofthet eam haddisappear
ed."Bl
ackFlameneverplannedtobri
ngusi nt
otheRuined
MountainRange!Hemust 'v
ebeenpl anni
ngt ousetheRui nedMountai
nRange'spowert o
annihi
lat
eourpeakexperts!
""Thi
s…"BlueGownwasmoment aril
yst
unned.

"Nowthatwe' vesuf f
eredsuchsev erel
ossesalr
eady,i
fwecont i
nuefol
lowi
nghim, he'
l
ldefi
nit
ely
l
eadust oourdeat hs!Ouronlychoicei
stokil
lhim now!"Il
lusoryWordssaidinawhispertoBlue
Gownwhi lelookingatt hefr
ontatShiFeng,whowasl eadi
ngt heteam."I
'l
lassi
styou.Withyour
str
engt
h, evenify oucan'tki
llhi
mi nonehit,y
oushouldst i
llbeabletoinj
urehim heav
ily
.Atthat
ti
me,I'
l
llandt hefinishi
ngblowonhi m!
"

"
Thi
sdespicableBl
ackFlame!Iknewhewasn'
tany
thi
nggood!
"Bl
ueGownnoddedi
nagr
eement
t
oIl
lusor
yWor ds'
splan.

BlueGownmadeherwayt owardShiFengataqui ckpace.Whenl

essthan100y ardssepar
ated
them,BlueGownsuddenlydisappear
ed,thenreappear
edbehindShiFeng,adazzlingbr
il
li
ance
burst
ingoutf
rom t
helongswordshewi el
ded.Sheswungherswordatthedefensel
essShiFeng.

Thenextmoment
,count
lessspat
ialcr
acksappear
edbef
oreBl
ueGownandext
endedupt
o100
yar
dsaway.

"Bl
ueGown,whatar ey oudoi
ng?
!"Uny
iel
dingHear
twasst
art
ledwhenhesaw Bl
ueGown
suddenl
yat
tacki
ngShiFeng.

Howev
er,Bl
ueGownpai
dnoat
tent
iont
oUny
iel
dingHear
tatal
l,l
aunchi
nganot
herr
uthl
ess
at
tacki
mmedi
atel
yaf
terherf
ir
stone.

Howev
er,
aft
erexecut
inghersecondat
tack,
BlueGownwasdumbf
ounded.

"
Wher
edi
dhego?
"

Lookingahead,Bl
ueGownf
ail
edt
oseeany
onest
andi
ngont
her
oadbef
oreher
,andshef
rozei
n
stupefact
ion.

BythetimeBlueGownreact
edt
othesi
tuat
ion,ShiFengwasal
readyst
andi
ngbesi
deherand
l
ookingatherqui
etl
y.

Atthi
stime,Unyi
eldi
ngHear
tal
sot
ookact
ion,gr
abbi
ngBl
ueGown'
swr
ist
,pr
event
ingherf
rom
at
tacki
ngagain.

"
BlueGown,whatar
ey oudoi
ng?!Whyarey ouat
tacki
ngGui
ldLeaderBl
ackFl
ame?
!Hav
eyou
l
ostyourmi
nd?!
"Unyi
eldi
ngHear
tquest
ioned.

"Don'tstopme!He'
stry
ingtoki
llus!"Bl
ueGownsaidasshegl
aredatShiFeng."
He'
str
yingto
annihil
ateourpeakexper
tsusi
ngt heRuinedMountai
nRange!Ify
oudon'tbeli
eveme,look
behind!Ever
yoneatt
hebackhasdisappear
edal
ready
!"

"
Disappear
ed?"St
art
ledbyBl
ueGown'
swor
ds,Uny
iel
dingHear
taut
omat
ical
lyt
urnedt
olookt
o
t
heteam'srear
.

Uponseei
ngt
hatf
ewert
han20peopl
eremai
nedi
nthet
eam,
Uny
iel
dingHear
tpal
ed.

"Gui
ldLeaderBl
ackFl
ame,areyoureal
ly…"Inthi
ssit
uati
on,evenUny
iel
dingHear
tcoul
dn'
thel
p
doubti
ngShiFeng'
smoti
ves."
Areyoureall
ytry
ingtoanni
hil
ateus?
"

Bef
oreUny
iel
dingHear
tfi
nishedspeaki
ng,
ShiFenghadal
readyunsheat
hedt
heAby
ssalBl
ade.

Sl
ash!

BeforeBl ueGowncoul dreact

,ShiFenghadcleavedUnyiel
dingHearti
nhalf,kil
li
ngt
helat
ter
i
nst ant
ly."You!"Bl
ueGownwasmoment ari
lystunnedwhenshesaw Uny iel
dingHear
tgett
ing
kil
led.Shet henbell
owedatShiFeng,"
Youreal
lyaretry
ingtoanni
hil
atethepeakexper
tsofour
twoGui l
ds!i'l
lfi
ghtyout
odeath!"

Af
terBlueGownsai
dso,t
hei
ntensi
tyofheraur
asky
rocket
edunt
ili
tri
val
edt
hatofLev
el120
Mythi
cmonster
s.

Howev
er,
bef
oreshecoul
dtakeact
ion,
ShiFengusedDar
knessBi
nd.

Severaldozenchainspromptl
yappearedandr est
ri
ctedBl
ueGown'smov
ements.Despit
eher
st
rengthrival
ingTier4My t
hicmonsters'
,al
lshecoulddowasglar
eatShiFeng;shecouldn'
t
mov eherbodyinthesl
ight
est.

Looki
ngatBl
ueGown,
ShiFengsai
dev
enl
y,"
Youneedt
ocal
m down!
"

"Calm down?Youwantmet ocal

m down?
!"Bl
ueGown'seyesbur
nedwi
thaf
ier
yrage."
You
kil
ledViceGui
ldLeaderHear
t,y
ety
ouwantmetocal
m down!
?"

"Takeaclearl
ookatthesi
tuat
ion!
"ShiFengshout
edwhi
ler
eleasi
nghi
ski
ll
ingi
ntentand
dir
ecti
ngi
tatBl
ueGown.

Thei
ntensekil
li
ngint
entinst
ant
lyshockedBl
ueGownoutofheranger
.Andasi
fhav
ingr
eal
ized
somet
hing,shethengawkedathersurr
oundi
ngs.

"
Whatt
hehel
lisgoi
ngonwi
thme?
"

Bef
oreBl
ueGownr eal
izedit
,morepeoplehadappear
edaroundher
.Unyi
eldi
ngHear
tstood
amongt
hesenewaddit
ionsandwascur
rentl
yst
ari
ngatherwi
thaconf
usedl
ookonhi
sface.
"Bl
ue,what's gotten i
ntoyou? Why arey ou t
rying t
o kil
lGuil
d LeaderBlack Fl
ame so
desper
atel
y?"I
llusoryWordsasked,
simi
lar
lysurpr
isedbyBlueGown'
sactions.

Everyonehadbeenadv anci
ngcar ef
ull
ybefor
e.Yet ,f
orsomer eason,BlueGownhadsuddenly
chargedupt oShiFengandattackedhim.For
tunately
,ShiFenghadr eact
edquickl
yanddodged
herat t
ackintime."Anill
usi
on?Igotcaughti nani ll
usion?
"Bl ueGownwasst unnedbythi
s
si
tuation.Ev
eryt
hingsheexperi
encedbeforef
elttoor eal,sorealthatshedidn'
tevennoti
cet
hat
somet hi
ngwasami ss.

"What'
sgoi
ngonhere?"Unyiel
dingHeartaskedi
nsur
pri
se."
Doest
hismeany
ou'
l
lgett
rappedi
n
anil
lusi
oneveni
fyou'
rejustwalki
ng?"

Howev er,bef
oreUnyi
eldi
ngHeartandtheother
scoul
dfi
gur
eoutwhatwasgoi
ngon,ShiFeng
suddenlystabbedt
heAbyssalBl
adeint
oBlueGown.

"Whatareyoudoi
ng,Gui
ldLeaderBlackFlame?"Il
lusoryWor
dsasked,start
led.ShiFengwasa
Tier4SwordEmperor
.Anyrandom at
tackofhiscouldreapmil
li
onsofHPf r
om My thi
cmonster
s.
Kill
ingBl
ueGown,whohadlessthanthr
eemi l
li
onHP, wouldt
akenomor ethanahit.

Howev
er,
whatoccur
rednextmadeev
ery
one'
sjawsdr
op.

Thi
swasbecauseShiFeng'
sat
tackf
ail
edt
oki
llBl
ueGown.

Adamageval
ueexceedi
ng4.4mil
li
onhadappearedabov
eBl ueGown'
shead,y
ett
heGuar
dian
Kni
ght
'sHPbarhadf
all
enbyonl
yasmallchunk-
losi
ngbar
ely3%ofherHP.

"Howist hi
spossi
ble?
!"Uny
iel
dingHeartcoul
dn'
thelpdoubti
nghi
seyes.ForBl
ueGownt
olose
onlyaround3%ofherHPdespi tesuf
feri
ngoverfourmil
li
ondamage,hermaxi
mum HPhadto
exceed200mill
ion.

Apl
ayerhav
ing200mi
ll
ionHP?

"Didamonst erreplaceBlue?
"Il
lusoryWordswasal sostunnedbyt hi
ssituati
on.Thiswas
Il
lusoryWor
ds'sfi
rstti
meseeingamonst ert
ransf
ormi
ngint
oapl ay
er.Moreov
er ,
theBlueGown
beforeherl
ookedidenti
calt
otherealone.

However
,bef
oreany
onecouldsnapoutoft
heirsurpr
ise,ShiFengsuddenl
yappear
edbesi
de
I
ll
usor
yWordsandsl
ashedatherwi
tht
heAbyssalBl
ade.

-
6,434,
654!

Damageexceedi
ngsi xmil
lionappear
edaboveIl
lusor
yWor ds'
shead.However,si
mil
artoBlue
Gown,I
ll
usoryWordslostlessthan3%ofherHPf rom t
heat t
ack.I
ll
usor
yWor dsl
ookedatShi
Fengst
rangel
y,f
ail
ingtounderst
andwhyShiFenghadattackedheral
lofasudden.

Meanwhi
le,Unyi
eldi
ngHear t
,whosaw al
loft
his,wasatal
oss.Hesi
mpl
ycoul
dn'
tfi
gur
eout
whatwashappeni
ngr i
ghtnow.

"Gui
ldLeaderBlackFl
ame,whatexact
lyareyoudoi
ng?
"Aftersuff
eri
nganattack,
Ill
usor
yWords
hurr
iedl
ysteppedbackandusedaHealingSpel
lonher
sel
f,inst
antl
yrepl
eni
shingherHPbackto
ful
l.

"
Whatam Idoi
ng?
"Chuckl
ing,
ShiFengsai
d,"
Ofcour
se,
I'
m get
ti
ngr
idofy
oumonst
ers!
"

"Monster
s?Whatki ndofj okearey
oumaki ng?How am Iamonster
?I'
m abonaf i
depl
ayer!
"
Il
lusor
yWor dsprotested,herey
eswidewi t
hconfusi
onasshelookedatShiFeng.Shethen
explai
nedhurr
iedl
y,"Theremustbeaprobl
em her
e!"

Whenev er
yoneont heteam saw t
hatIll
usoryWor
dsdi d notretal
iate,combined wi
ththe
si
nceri
tyi
nhervoi
ce,theyhadt
onodt hei
rheadsi
nagreement,f
eeli
ngt hatther
ewasdefini
tel
y
aprobl
em her
e.

I
fIl
lusor
yWordsreal
lywereamonster
,sheshoul
d'
ver
etal
iat
edaf
terShiFengat
tackedher
.She
wouldn'
tbet
ryi
ngtoexpl
ainher
sel
f.
I
nt hemeant
ime,Bl
ueGownl ookedathersel
finshock.Shecoul
dn'
tbeli
evet
hatshehad
t
ransf
ormedi
ntoamonst
er."
Am Iact
ual
lyt
het r
ansf
ormat
ionofamonst
er?
"

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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Chapt
er2756–Tr
ueFor
biddenLand!

Bl
ueGownandI
ll
usor
yWor
ds'
sbi
zar
reper
for
manceandwor
dsst
unnedev
ery
one.

Wer
eBl
ueGownandI
ll
usor
yWor
dsmonst
ersornot
?

Previ
ously,when t heycameacr ossmonsters,al
lt heyneeded t
o do wasattackthesaid
monsters.Iftheycouldn'
tdefeatthemonster
s,theycouldj
ustrun.Now,however
,theycoul
dn'
t
eventel
lwhet hert
hemonst erstheyfacedwereactualmonster
s.Whatweretheysupposedto
dointhi
ssi tuati
on?

I
mmedi
atel
y,adeathl
ysil
encef
ellovert
heentir
eteam asever
yoneturnedt
olookatt
hei
r
t
eammat
es,af
rai
dthatt
heonest
andi
ngbesidet
hem wasact
ual
lyamonsteri
ndi
sgui
se.

I
ll
usor
yWor dsandBl
ueGownal
sowar
il
yey
edeachot
her
.Thi
swei
rdscenewasdef
ini
tel
yaf
ir
st
f
orevery
one.

However,af
terthi
sstr
angeat mospherelast
edforsever
alseconds,t
hesunnyskysuddenl
y
dar
kened.Li
ghtni
ngandthunderf
il
ledthesurr
oundi
ngs.

Bef
oreBlueGownr eal
izedit,t
hepeopl
ear
oundherhaddi sappear
ed.Si
mult
aneously
,asi x-
meter
-tal
lmonst
erwithahugemout handether
ealbodyhadappearedbesi
deher-andithad
dev
ouredhal
fofhersoulal
ready.

Despi
tehav
ingnot
icedthi
smonster
,shecouldonlyst
areati
tqui
etl
yli
keani
mmobi
lepuppet
.
Shecoul
dn'
tmoveherbodyev
enifshewantedto.

However
,thenextmoment,amagicbladepier
cedtheheartofthi
smonster
.Themonst
erl
et
l
ooseanear-
pier
cingscr
eam t
hatmadeBlueGownfeelasi
fherheadwoul
dburst
.

"
What
'sgoi
ngon?
"

BlueGown,whosebodycurr
entlyresembl
edanether
ealsoul,
wasal
latsea.Ri
ghtnow,
shetr
uly
couldnotdi
sti
ngui
shwhatwasr ealfr
om whatwasfake.I
twasasifshehadwokenupfrom a
dream,onl
ytoendupinanotherdream.

Befor
eshecouldreactt
ot hesi
tuat
ion,
thei
njur
edmonst
erpouncedonheroncemor
e,i
ntendi
ng
todevourt
hedeli
cacybeforeit
.

Meanwhil
e,BlueGown,whohadret
urnedtoherphy
sicalbody
,wasut
ter
lypowerlessagai
nstthe
monster
.Justbeingcl
oset
oitpetr
if
iedherandgaveherapoundi
ngheadache.Shecouldn'
tput
upanyresi
stancewhat
soever
.

[
SoulDev
our
er](
SoulMonst
er,
GreatLor
d)

Lev
el124

HP440,
000,
000

However
,bef
oretheSoulDev
our
ercoul
dreachBl
ueGown,
sev
eralmagi
cswor
dsshott
hroughi
t
i
nrapi
dsuccessi
on.

-
34,
514,
724!
-
71,
514,
654!

-
35,
164,
412!

Severaldozent
err
if
yingdamagev al
uesfl
ashedabovetheSoulDev oureroneaft
eranot
her
,the
GreatLord'sHPzeroingoutst
rai
ghtaway.Themonsterthendispersedintopart
icl
esofl
ight
,
l
eavingbehindadozenorsocryst
alfr
agmentsi
nitspl
ace."Bl
ackFlame? "

BlueGownlookedatShiFenginconf
usi
on,hav
ingf
all
eni
ntoament
all
yweakenedst
ate,her
voicet
remul
ouswit
huncert
aint
y.

"Yousustainedsomementalat
tacks.Near
lyhal
fofy ourConcentr
ati
onwasconsumed,aswel
l.
I
t '
sbesti fy oudon'
tmovearoundr eckl
essl
y,
"ShiFengsai dashel ookedatBlueGown.
"Fort
unatel
y ,youmanagedtowalkoutoft hatarea;Iwoul dn'
thavebeenabletosaveyou
otherwi
se."

"Mentalattacks?"Bl
ueGownwast akenaback."
Howisthispossibl
e?!
"Thiswasherf
ir
stti
me
hear
ingt hi
st erm.Moreov
er,ev
ery
thingshehadexper
iencedbeforefel
treal
.Suchasit
uat
ion
wassimpl yunheard-
of.

Shehadexperi
encedear
th-
shat
ter
ingbat
tl
esi
nGod'sDomai
nbefor
ebutneversuchater
rif
ying
i
ll
usion.Shef
oundithar
dtoimagi
nethatamonst
erwasact
ual
lycapabl
eofexecuti
ngsuchan
at
tack.

"Nothingisi mpossi bleinGod' sDomai n,especiallyint hi

sf orbi
ddenl andforhumans, "ShiFeng
sai
dashemetBl ueGown' si ncredulousgaze.Shaki nghi shead,hesai d,"MonstersinGod' s
Domai nar en'tl
imitedt ophy si
calandmagi calattacks.Theyhav emanyunknownway stoattack
andl aytraps.Ev eni fapl ayerpossessescombatpowerf arsur passi
ngamonst er'
s,theplayer
wil
lst il
lgetki l
ledi ftheyar en'tcar eful
."Taket hesemonst erst hatarecapableofempl oying
ment alattacks,forexampl e.Ev eni fyouhav esuper iorBasi cAt tr
ibut
es,sol ongasy ouget
caughti ntheirment alattack,ifyoudon' thav eincrediblystrongwi ll
powerandt heConcent r
ation
tobr eakt hrought heirment albi ndings,y ouwi llstil
lgetki l
led!"Thiswasal sowhyi twas
i
mpor t
antf orpl
ay erstoimpr ovenotonl ytheirBasicAt tri
butesbutal sotheirConcentr
ation.

Dur i
ngtheearlystagesofGod'sDomai n,player
swouldrarel
yencounterment
alattacks.Those
thatdidwouldn'tnoti
ceitduetothei
rignoranceofmentalatt
acks.However
,pastLevel120and
afterthef
ir
stmaj orupdatetookpl
ace,ment alat
tackswoul
dappearmuchmor efrequentl
y.

Meanwhil
e,i
fpl
ayersdidnotpossesssuff
icient
lyst
rongwil
lpower
,theywoul
dst
il
lbehel
pless
agai
nstment
alat
tacksevenift
heyhadincredibl
ypowerf
ulBasicAt
tri
but
es.

TakeBlueGown,f orexample.Shehadbeent rappedinsi

detheSoulDev our
er'
sment alspace
andcouldn'
tescapeatall
.Fortunat
ely
,shedidnotdieinsi
dethementalspace.Other
wise,even
i
fhemanagedt osaveherfrom theSoulDev
ourer,al
lhewould'
vesav
edwoul dbeanempt yhusk.

I
nGod'sDomain,dyi
nginsi
deament alspacewasnodi ff
erentf
rom dyi
ngi ntheout
sideworl
d.
Toputitsi
mply
,onewouldsuff
erasouldeat h.Thi
swasal sowhymostpl ayersi
nhisprev
ious
l
if
edarednotof
fendTier5NPCs,assomeoft hem wi
eldedmentalat
tacks.

Meanwhi
le,suf
fer
ingasouldeathwasmuchworsethanaphysi
caldeat
h.Wor
st-
casescenar
io,
onewoul
dloseone'saccountandhav
etost
artal
lov
eragai
n.

Af
terShiFengf
ini
shedspeaki
ng,
her
esumedcont
rol
li
nghi
smagi
cswor
dst
orescuet
heot
her
s.

"
Thi
sisat
ruef
orbi
ddenl
and?
"

AsBlueGownlookedatt
hedeat
handdestruct
ioni
nhersurr
oundi
ngs,,shef
inal
lyr
eal
izedt
hat
theRui
nedMountai
nRangewasmuchscar
ierthanshet
hought.

Comparedtothebat
tl
esshehadexper
iencedbef
ore,t
heonej
ustnow wasonanent
ir
ely
di
ff
erentl
evel
.

Mor
eov
er,shehadnev
ert
houghtt
hatt
her
ewoul
dbesuchf
ormsofcombati
nav
irt
ualr
eal
it
y
game.

Despit
etheSoulDevourer
'sBasi
cAttr
ibut
esbeingi
nferiort
ohers,shehadbeenut t
erl
yhel
pless
agai
nsti t
.When thatSoulDev our
erapproached herearli
er,she had suffer
ed an i
ntense
headache.Herheadhadhurtsomuchthatshecoul
dn'tcont
rolherbody,l
etalonefight
.

BlueGownwasn'tt
heonl
yvi
cti
m ofaSoulDev
our
er'
sat
tack.Sev
eraldozenot
herpeopl
ehad
beencaughtaswel
l.

Ofthosepresent,
only19peoplemanagedtoavoidt
heSoulDev
ourer
s'att
acks.Ofthe19people,
theAsuraadventurert
eam hadanov er
whelmi
ngadvant
ageinnumbers.Ei
ghtoftheadventur
er
team'smember swereunscathed,compar
edtothefi
vememberseachofCrimsonEmper orand
Unyiel
dingSoul.

Atthi
sti
me,every
onewasdesperatel
ytr
yingtosav
ethosewhohadbeencaught
.Howev
er,
someoft
hevi
ctimswer
ebey
ondr escueal
ready
.

Thedev our
ingspeedoftheSoulDev our
ersvar
ied.Somewereslow t
ofi
nishthei
rprey,whi
le
otherswerequick.Evi
dently
,somepl ay
ershadstrongerr
esi
stancetomentalat
tacks,whi
le
otherpl
ayershadweakerresi
stance.

Thosewi
thweakr
esi
stancedi
dn'
thav
emuchoft
hei
rsoul
slef
tatt
hispoi
nt.

WhenBlueGownnoti
cedAsur a'
sCl
eansingWhistle,whowasroughl
ythesameageasherself
,
fi
ght
ingaSoulDev
ourer
,shewasstunned.Am Ithatmuchweakerthanher
?BlueGowncouldn'
t
hel
phersur
pri
seandconfusi
onasshewat chedCleansi
ngWhist
le.

Sheconsideredhersel
foneoft
hebestamongherpeer s.HerGuil
devenrecognizedherasone
ofthetopt hreet
alent
softheyoungergener
ation.Yet
,shewasactuall
yinfer
iortoCleansi
ng
Whist
le,someonewhosecombatstandar
dhadn'tevenreachedt
heVoi
dReal m

yet
.However,bef
oreBl
ueGowncoul drecoverfr
om hershock,shef
eltachi
llenv
elopherbody
asifsomethi
ngwasstar
ingdi
rect
lyathersoul.

"
What
?!"

"
Thi
sisal
ie,
right
?!Howcanwef
ightsuchat
hing?
!"

Bl
ueGownwasn'tt
heonlypersonwhofel
tthissensat
ion;ever
y oneexperi
encedit
.WhenI
ll
usor
y
WordsandUny
iel
dingHear
tlookedi
nthedirect
ionofthisfeel
ing'
ssource,theyt
rembl
edi
nfear
.

A 30-
meter-
tal
l,thr
ee-headedmonst
erl
oomedov
ert
het
eam,andev
eryst
epi
ttookmade
ev
eryone'
ssoulshudderinfear
.

[
Todel
yat
heSoulSi
nger(
Real
m Lor
d)](
Super
iorMy
thi
c)

Lev
el128

HP20,
500,
000,
000

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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Chapt
er2757–Fi
ft
eenSeconds!

Ev
ery
onegaspedatTodel
ya'
sappear
ance.

ARealm Lor
dwasanexi stencecl
osetoriv
ali
ngWorldBosses.Nott
omention,Todely
awasa
Real
m Lordoft
heRuinedMount ai
nRange.I
tsstr
engt
hwasmostl i
kel
yonparwiththatofWor
ld
Bossesi
ntheoutsi
deworld.
"Thi
sistheter
rorofaf
orbi
ddenl
andf
orhumans?
"MuLi
ngshasmi
ledwr
ylyatt
hesi
ghtoft
he
SoulSi
nger.

Shefinal
lyunderst
oodwhynoneofthevar
ioussuper
power
s'exper
tteamsmanagedt
omakei
t
outoftheRuinedMount
ainRangeal
ive.

I
twoul
dbest
rangei
ftheydi
d!

Atthi
sti
me,notonl ywashalfofthei
rt eam dead,butt
heyalsohadt ofightal
argenumberof
SoulDev
ourers.Alt
houghtheSoulDev ourer
swer en'
tpart
icul
arlystr
ong,mostofthesur
viv
ing
membersoftheirt
eam coul
dn'
tful
lyexhibitt
heircombatpower,eit
her.

TheSoulDevourersdealtast
onishi
nglypower f
ulment aldamage.Evenafterplayer
sbr okefr ee
fr
om theSoulDevourer
s'mentalshackl
es,thementaldamagest il
lexi
sted,af
fecti
ngtheirbrains.
Theconsequentheadachesprevent
edthepl ay
ersfrom execut
ingdeli
cateacti
ons,which,intur n,
l
oweredthei
rcombatst andar
dsbyt woranksonav erage.

Now,Voi
dReal
m expert
scoul
dexhibi
tcombatst
andar
dsonlyatt
heRef
inementReal
m,whi
le
Domai
nReal
m exper
ts'
combatst
andar
dswereatt
heVoidReal
m.

Ont heot
herhand,t
heSoulDevourer
sal
lhadcombatstandar
dsatt
heTrialTower
'ssixt
hfl
oor
.
Theycouldundoubtedl
ybeconsider
edfi
rst
-rat
eexper
ts,notmuchinf
eri
ortoordinaryTi
er3
expert
sincombatst
andards.

Wit
ht headdi
ti
onofaReal
m Lor
d,t
her
ewasnowayt
hei
rteam coul
dgetoutoft
hissi
tuat
ion
al
ive.

Amongt hosest i
llst
anding,onl
yLifel
essThorn,Soli
tar
yNine,YanYa,andCleansingWhistl
e
remainedrelat
ivelycal
m,cont i
nui
ngt osyst
ematical
lyslaytheSoulDevour
erstroubl
ingthe
play
ersaroundthem.

"Ni
ne,Thor
n,andYanYa,hel
pmehol dtheBossf
or15seconds!
"ShiFengsai
daf
tersav
ing
anot
herper
sonfr
om t
heSoulDev
our
ers.

Uponheari
ngShiFeng'
scommand,I
ll
usor
yWor
dsandUny
iel
dingHear
tcoul
dn'
thel
pdoubt
ing
thei
rear
s.

They'
resti
llgoi
ngt
ofightinthi
ssit
uat
ion?Thei
ropponent
sconsi
stedofsev
eralhundr
edSoul
Devourer
sandoneRealm Lor
d.Theonl
ythi
ngtheycoul
dandshoul
ddonowwasr unaway .

Thebatt
lerecoveryofamonsterofTodely
a'sr
ankallowedi ttoregener
ate2%ofitsHPev ery
fi
veseconds.Inotherwor
ds,theRealm Lordcoul
dr ecover410mi ll
ionHPperf i
veseconds.
Thatwasbasicall
ykil
li
ngaGr eatLor
doft hesamel evelev er
yfiveseconds.I
ftheycouldn'
t
accompl
ishthat
,theywoul
dn'
tevenbeabletogetTodelya'
sHPbel ow98%.

Meanwhil
e,t
heirt
eam cur
rentl
yhadfewerthan30peopl
eal
ive,
near
lyhal
foft
hem i
nament
all
y
weakenedst
ateandi
ncapableofcombat.

Wit
hTodel
ya'
sDef
enseasaSuper
iorMy
thi
cthr
owni
n,t
hei
rteam'
sat
tackswoul
d,atbest
,gi
ve
t
heReal
m Lor
danit
ch.

"Fi
fteenseconds?
"Af t
erbrief
lycalculat
ingt
heirchances,Sol
it
aryNi
nenoddedandsai
d,"
No
problem.However,15secondsreal
lyisthemostIcando."

Todel
ya'
sment
ali
nfl
uencewast
oopower
ful
;ev
enSol
it
aryNi
nef
eltal
it
tl
eov
erwhel
med.

"Noprobl
em!Ifyoucan'
thandleit
,I'
l
ltakeover!
"Lif
elessThor
nsai
d,exci
tementf
lashi
ngi
nhi
s
eyesashelookedatt
heapproachi
ngSoulSinger.

Previ
ousl
y ,
kil
li
ngmonst
ersf
orEXPhadbeenachoref
orhim.Aft
erall
,noneofthemonst
ershe
foughtal
lowedhimt
oimprov
e.Hewaski
ll
ingt
hem sol
elyf
orthesakeofl
evel
ingup.

Howev
er,
aft
erset
ti
ngf
ooti
ntheRui
nedMount
ainRange,
hef
inal
lyf
eltt
hathewast
rul
yfi
ght
ing
abat
tl
e.

Pr
eviously
,hewouldgettheexhi
lar
ati
ngfeeli
ngofhavi
ngonemov edeci
dehi
slif
eordeathonly
whenfighti
ngpeakexper
ts.Now,however
,theSoulDevour
erswer
egivi
nghi
mt hesamefeel
ing.
I
twassi mplywonder
ful
.

AsforTodely
a,t
heRealm Lor
dwasanexi
stencet
hatcoul
dev
ent
err
if
yhi
m.Thi
swast
heki
ndof
opponenthehadbeenhanker
ingf
or.

"Alr
ight,l
et'
shur r
yupandheadov er!I
fwewai tunt
ilt
heBossarr
ives,t
heothersmightget
draggedi nt
ot hefight
!"YanYasai
d,herheadachi
ngsli
ght
lywhenshesaw Lif
elessThor
n's
excitedexpressi
on.

Sol
it
aryNi
neandLif
elessThor
nactivat
edthePowerofDar
kness,
boosti
ngthei
rBasi
cAt
tri
but
es
byalar
gemargi
n.Now, bot
hofthem werecompar
abl
ewithTi
er4exi
stences.

Thenextmoment ,t
hetwomel eeplayerst
urnedintostr
eaksofli
ghtastheychar gedatTodel
ya.
Meanwhile,Yan Ya,a Dr ui
d,chant ed an i
ncantati
on and fl
ew towardt he Realm Lord.
Si
multaneousl
y,shecastalayerofLifeProt
ecti
ononbot hSoli
tar
yNineandLi felessThor
n,t
he
Spel
lcapableofabsor
bingsomeoft hedamaget heytookandconver
ti
ngitint
oHP.

Roar
!

Todel
yabel
lowedi
nangerwhenitsawtwoant
schar
gingati
t,i
tsr
oarechoi
ngt
hroughoutt
he
Rui
nedMountai
nRange'
sout
ermostar
ea.

Asi
tsr
oarspr
ead,
ani
nvi
sibl
ement
alat
tackst
ruckev
ery
one.

Asi
def
rom ShiFeng,
ever
yonepr
esentgr
oanedi
npai
n.

"
Good!Your
eal
lyar
epower
ful
!"

Aft
ersuf f
eringTodel
ya'
smentalatt
ack,whichwasmuchst r
ongerthanit
sever-
presentmental
i
nfl
uence,Li fel
essThor
nturneddeathlypale.Howev
er,whenhel ookedatthe30- meter
-tal
l
Realm Lord,notonl
ydidhenotgrowfearf
uloftheBoss,butthef
ighti
ngspi
ri
tinhiseyeseven
burnedbrighter
.

Her
aisedhi
sspearandt
ransf
ormedi
ntoal
ight
ningbol
tshoot
ingatTodel
ya.

Ti
er3LegacySki
ll
,Li
ght
ningFl
ash!

WiththePowerofDar kness'sbuff
,thisat
tackpier
cedt hr
oughspacei
tsel
f.Asi
fhehad
t
elepor
ted,
Lif
elessThor
ninstant
lyappear
edbefor
etheSoulSinger
.

Sof
ast
!Thi
sscenesur
pri
sedUny
iel
dingHear
t.

Therehadbeena200- y
ardgapbetweenTodel
yaandLi
fel
essThor
n,yetthel
att
erhadcr
ossed
thi
sdist
anceinstantl
y.Unyiel
dingHear
twasn'
tsur
ehecouldr
eacttosuchaspeedevenifhe
acti
vat
edhisBerserkSkil
l.

Boom!

Adeaf eni
ngboom echoedt hroughoutt
hemountai
ns.Thenextmoment ,abl
ackshadow fel
l
fr
om theskyandstruckthegroundheavi
ly,
thei
mpactofthecol
li
sioncr
eati
ngacr
aterovert
wo
dozenmet er
sindi
amet er
.

Insi
dethecrater,Li
fel
essThornstood,proppi
nghimsel
fupwithhi
sspear
.Hi
shandsonthe
speartrembl
ed,andbl oodleakedoutf rom acornerofhismout
h.Itwasevi
denthehad
sustai
nedamaj orbl
ow.HisHPhadf al
lenbymor et
han460,
000.

Whathappened?
!Bl
ueGown,
whowaswat
chi
ngt
hecl
ashf
rom adi
stance,
wasdumbf
ounded.

Lif
elessThor
n'satt
ackcar
riedi
ncredi
blepowerandspeed.Ev
enanact
ualTi
er4My
thi
cmonst
er
shouldhavesuff
eredaser
iousi
njuryfr
om it
.
Yet
,notonl
ydi
dLi
fel
essThor
nfai
ltoi
nfl
ictanydamageonTodel
ya,buthehadev
ent
aken
damage?

Moreov
er,Li
fel
essThornhadlostcl
oseto10%ofhi
sHPdespit
etheLif
eProtect
ioncastonhim.
Att
hisrat
e,wit
houtaddi
ti
onalheali
ng,
hewoulddef
ini
tel
ydi
eaft
ersi
xorsevenmor eexchanges!

"
Ist
hismonst
err
eal
lyj
ustaSuper
iorMy
thi
c?"

Ev
ery
onecoul
dn'
thel
pdoubt
ingt
hei
rey
esast
heyst
aredatt
hei
ntactSoulSi
nger
.

TheyhadseenSuperi
orMy t
hicmonster
sbefor
e.Someoft hem hadev
enkil
ledonebefore.
However,compar
edt
othoseSuper
iorMythi
cmonst
ers,Todel
yawasli
keacomplet
elydi
ff
erent
cr
eatur
e.

Howev
er,
whenShiFeng,
whowascur
rent
lyi
ncant
ing,
sawt
hisscene,
hewasn'
tsur
pri
sedatal
l.

TheearlystagesofGod'sDomainservedtoletplayersadaptt oGod'
sDomain'scombatstyle.
TheMainGodSy st
em hadnotonlyprovi
dedplayerswithmanybenef i
tsbutalsoweakenedthe
monstersinthegame.Infact
,event heLevel100-plusmonst erst
hatpl
ayersfel
twerestrong
weren'
tactual
lyatt
hei
rpeakcondit
ion.Theywerestil
lsuppressedtoacert
aindegr
ee.

However,t
hatwasnotthecasef
orthemonster
sinforbiddenl
ands.Themonstersi
nthese
l
ocat
ionsweren'
tsubj
ectt
otheMainGodSy
stem'ssuppressi
onandcouldexer
t100%ofthei
r
combatpower.

Inforbi
ddenlands,
Myt hi
cmonst er
swerebeyondthecapabi
li
ti
esofordi
naryTier3teams.Ti
er3
playerswouldneedtop-qual
it
yequi pmentandvari
oussupporttool
stoev enstandachance.
Mor eover
,theteam wouldalsoneedmanyexper t
swi thBerser
kSkil
ls.Otherwi
se,onlyone
outcomeawai t
edtheteam -
annihil
ati
on!

Nott
oment
ion,
Todel
yawasabonaf
ideSuper
iorMy
thi
c.

I
fShiFenghimselffoughtTodel
yari
ghtnow,hedefini
tel
ywoul dn'
thav eaneasyti
me.They
woul
dneedatleastsi
xTier4play
erst
odefeatt
hisBoss.Other
wise,chal
lengi
ngtheReal
m Lor
d
woul
dbesheersuici
de.

Thiswaswhyhehadt askedLi
fel
essThor
n'st
ri
owi
thonl
yholdi
ngbackTodel
yaf
or15seconds.
Askingthem tohol
dt heReal
m Lordbackforev
enaf ew secondsmorewasaluxur
yt hey
couldn'
taf
for
d.

Subsequent
ly,Sol
it
aryNineandLi fel
essThornacti
vatedt
heirLi
fesavi
ngSkil
lsoneaf
teranot
her
todefendagainstTodel
ya'sat tacks.EvenYanYa,whoser vedast heheal
erofthetri
o,hadto
acti
vateherPowerofDar kness.Wi thouttheaddi
ti
onalBasicAttr
ibut
es,shewouldhavedied
fr
om anyrandom str
ayattackt hathither.

Onet i
me,todefendagai nstTodel y
a'st
rampling,Sol
it
aryNineact
ivat
edhisTier3Shi eldWal
l
andinter
posedhimsel fbetweent heRealm Lordandhistwocompanions.However,ev enwi
th
hi
sLi f
esavi
ngSki l
lact i
vated,theresul
ti
ngshockwav estil
lsentt
het ri
oflyi
ngseveraldozen
metersaway.BothLifelessThor nandYanYal ostoveronemil
li
onHPf rom t
heatt
ack,whereas
Sol
itar
yNinelostoverthreemi l
li
onHP.

Fi
veseconds!

Tenseconds!

Everysecondofbat
tl
eplacedimmensepr essur
eonthet
ri
o.Ev
erymomentt
heyf
oughtTodel
ya
fel
tasifdeathwoul
dclai
mt hem i
nthenextsecond.

Theplayer
sspect
ati
ngf r
om af
arwerest
upefi
edatthi
sscene.Thi
swast hefi
rstti
met heyt
rul
y
under
stoodhowterr
if
yingaSuper
iorMythi
cmonstercoul
dbe.IfnotforLifel
essThorn'sgr
oup
havi
ngacti
vat
edthei
rBerser
kSkil
ls,
thet
riowoul
d'
vemostlikel
ybeenkil
ledinstant
ly.

"
Commander
!Ar
eyou notdone y
et?
"Sol
it
ary Ni
ne asked ShiFeng t
hrough a pr
ivat
e
conv
ersat
ion.

Pr
evi
ously,het
houghtt hatitwouldbeaj okeifhecoul
dn'
thol
dTodel
yaf
or15seconds.
However
,henowreal
izedthat15secondswastr
ulyal
ongti
me.

"Goodjob!"Atthisti
me,ShiFenghadal
sof
ini
shedchant
ingt
hef
inalv
erser
ecor
dedi
ntheBi
ble
ofDarkness."Leavether
esttome!"

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2758–Bi
bleofDar
kness’
sTr
uePower

UponhearingShiFeng'
swords,Soli
tar
yNine,Li
fel
essThor
n,andYanYapr
ompt
lyst
opped
at
tract
ingTodel
ya'
satt
enti
onanddashedov
ertoShiFeng

Theychoset
or untohim becauseonl
ythei
rcommanderhadawayt ohol
dTodelyaback.I
fthey
rani
nanyotherdir
ect
ion,Todelyawoul
ddefi
nit
elychaset
hem downandcr
ushthem.

Todel
yast
rodet
owar
dShiFengst
epbyst
ep.

NotonlydidTodelyashakethegroundwi t
hever
yst
epi
ttook,butt
hement ali
nfl
uencei
texer
ted
overtherestoftheteam al
soincreased.Someoft
her
estingplay
ers,suchasBlueGown,even
st
artedholdi
ngtheirheadsi
npain.

Ar
ewegoi
ngt
ofi
ghti
t?I
ll
usor
yWor
dscoul
dn'
thel
pfr
owni
ngatt
hissi
tuat
ion.

Shesimpl
ycoul dn'
tseeanywayf orthei
rteam t
odefeatTodely
a.Notonlydi
dTodelyapossess
overt
wobi l
li
onHP, butit
scombatstandardwassuperi
ortoordi
naryRefi
nementReal
m expert
s'.
It
sspeedwassof astthatevenaDomai nReal
m expertl
ikehersel
fcoul
dbarel
ykeepup.Such
speedsi
mpl ywasn'tsomethingTi
er3playerscoul
dcopewi t
h,andevenaTier4playerl
ikeShi
Fengwould,atbest,j
ustmatchit
sspeed.

Moreover,Todel
ya'
s Str
ength was somet
hing onl
y Ti
er4 MTs coul d hope t
o stop.Ifa
SwordsmanlikeShiFengtr
iedtotankoneoftheRealm Lor
d'sat
tacks,hewoul
ddefini
tel
yend
upmiserabl
e.

Howev
er,
whenTodel
yawasonl
ythr
eest
epsawayf
rom ShiFeng…

Theconnect
ion'
scompleted!ShiFengsmil
edashecl
osedt
heBi
bleofDar
knessandl
ookedat
Todel
ya."
Let'
sstar
tthesecondround,t
hen!
"

AssoonasShiFengcl
osedtheBibleofDar
kness,thest
ormyski
esabov
ethev
all
eyshat
ter
ed
andt
ransf
ormedi
ntoadarkspacecover
ingt
housandsofyar
ds.

Lookingatthedarkness,ever
yonepr
esentcoul
dfai
ntl
ysensethati
twasconnectedtoan
anci
entandterr
if
yingspace.Justt
heaur
aleaki
ngoutfr
om t
hedarkspacewasenought
oroi
l
thevall
ey'
sMana.

Thenextmoment ,agigant
icstonedoorseveralhundredmet er
st al
lfel
lthrought
hedarkspace
andsmashedi nt
ot hevall
ey,causi
ngpowerfultremor stospreadt hr
oughouttheval
ley
.When
Todel
yalookedatthisanci
entdoor,adeepsenseoff earappearedinit
sey es.

Howcanther
ebesuchater
ri
fyi
ngexi
stencei
nthi
swor
ld?Uny
iel
dingHear
twasshockedashe
l
ookedatt
hemassi
vest
onedoorbef
orehim.

Thisdoorwasundoubtedl
ythemostter
ri
fyi
ngitem hehadseeni
nGod'sDomai
nthusf
ar.Just
l
ookingatital
lowedhimt ounderst
andjusthow scar
yitwas.Ever
ymagicpat
ter
nandr une
engrav
edonthedoorfuncti
onedt
osealit
spower .
Whatev
erexist
encest
oodbehi
ndt
hedoorcoul
dmostl
ikel
yobl
it
erat
ehi
m wi
thj
ustasmal
l
st
randofi
tspower.

Foramoment,heev
enhadt
hef
eel
ingt
hatt
heopeni
ngoft
hisdoorwoul
dmar
kthebegi
nni
ngof
al
ldi
sast
ers.

He'
snotpl
anni
ngt
oopent
hisdoor
,ri
ght
?Il
lusor
yWor
dsey
edt
hest
onedoorner
vousl
y.

The doorbefor
e herlooked f
artoo ominous.I
ts appear
ance alone f
il
led herwi
th an
i
ndescri
babl
eaversi
onandterr
or-
ater
roreasil
y100ti
messt rongert
hanthef earshef
eltf
or
Todel
ya.

However
,befor
eIl
lusor
yWor
dscoul
dcont
inuet
hisl
ineoft
hought
,thedoorbeganopeni
ngby
i
tsel
fsl
owly
.

Dar
kness,
sil
ence,
anddespai
r!

Foramoment ,i
tfel
tasifal
lthenegat
iveemot i
onsintheworldwerepouringoutofthi
sstone
door,andevenShiFengfel
tuncomfort
ableinthissi
tuat
ion.Asforever
y oneelse,t
hei
rfaces
pal
ed,andtheyknel
tonthegroundinv
oluntar
il
y,noneofthem dar
ingtolookatthestonedoor
di
rectl
y.

"
Hu…mans?

"
No…You'
renot
…"

Suddenl
y,wordsspokenint heabstrusedemoni clanguagefl
owedoutofthedoor.Alt
hough
noneoftheplayer
spresentwer eknowledgeableofthelanguageofDemons,t
heyunderst
ood
whatthespokenwordsconveyed.Foratime,every
onewasconf used.

"Inevert
houghtt
hataf
tersomanyy
ear
s,y
ouexi
stenceswoul
dbet
henextt
osummont
his
door.
"

Fol
lowi
ng t
hesewor ds,at
hree-
eyed,t
en-
met
er-
tal
l,humanoi
d Demon cl
ad i
n bl
ackar
mor
wal
kedoutofthest
onedoor
.

Theinst
antTodely
asawt
hisDemon,
hor
rorov
erwhel
medi
t.I
twasasi
ftheReal
m Lor
dhadj
ust
seendeathi
tsel
f.

Act
ual
ly
,ShiFenghi
msel
ffel
tdr
eadatt
hehumanoi
dDemon'
sappear
ance.

Henev
erdr
eamedhewoul
dsummont
hisDemon.

TheDarkAbysshadat otalof108DemonPrinces[
1],
whostoodatt hepeakoft
heGr eatDemons.
Alloft
hem wereexistencessecondonlytoDemonKi ngs,andtheycouldbeconsi deredHal
f-
st
epDemonKi ngs.Meanwhi l
e,thehumanoi
dDemonst andingbeforehi
m wasFrober o,t
heLor
d
oftheDead.Hi
sstrengthranked21stamongallGr
eatDemons.

"Weak!Howweak! "Frober
omut t
eredashelookedathi
msel f
,hisvoi
cefi
ll
edwithdissat
isfact
ion.
Het henlookedatShiFeng,whohel dtheBi
bleofDarkness,andsaidcol
dly
,"Youshoul dknow
whaty ouhav edone.Thatbookisn'
tsomethingyoushouldpossess,sohandi tt
ome.Thi sis
alsoyouronlywayout.Other
wise,whatawai
tsyouiseter
naldeath!"

AssoonasFroberofi
nishedspeaking,apower
fulsenseofoppr
essi
ondescendedonShiFeng,
onesouncomfor
tabl
ethathisexpressi
ontur
nedugly.

Asexpect edofoneoft he108DemonPr

inces.I
tsment
aloppr
essi
oni
sonparwi
thTi
er5
exi
stences,ShiFengsi
ghedr
uef
ull
y.

Alt
houghhehadlongsi
nceknownt hatt
hegapbetweenTier4andTier5wasmassi
ve,hest
il
l
coul
dn'
thel
pfeel
inghel
plesswhenexper
ienci
ngt
hemightofaHalf
-st
epDemonKi
ng.

Lucki
ly,
ShiFengwi
eldedtheBi
bleofDarkness,
whichrest
ri
ctedthemethodsFr
ober
ocoul
duse
totar
gethi
m.Other
wise,t
heDemonPr i
ncecould'
vekil
ledhi
mi nst
ant
ly.
Meanwhil
e,asFroberosubj
ectedShiFengtohi
smentaloppr
essi
on,t
heBi bleofDarknessal
so
sensedt
heoffense.I
mmediately
,chai
nsappear
edar
oundtheDemonPrince'sbody.

Thei
nstantthesechai
nsappeared,Fr
ober
o'smentaloppr
essi
onweakeneddr
ast
ical
ly
.Now,t
he
ment
aloppressionnol
ongerposedanythr
eattoShiFengwhatsoev
er.

"Thi
sdamnedcont ract
!Iwil
lbreakfreef r
om thisbindingonedayandobt aintr
uefreedom! "
Froberobell
owedinr ageashegl ar
edatt hepitch-bl
ackchai nswrappedaroundhisbody .He
thenlookedatShiFengandsaidcoldl
y, "
Alt
hought hatbookpr ev
entsmefrom doi
nganythingto
you,don'tt
hinkt
haty ouhav
ef ul
lcontroloverme.Icant el
lthatyoudon'
thavemucht i
mel ef
t,
basedont hosecursesandbindi
ngsony ourbody.Thatbookcannotsav eyou.OnlyIcanhel p
you."

"Thatwon'
tbenecessar y.Iwillonlybecomey ourpuppeti
fIbeli
eveyou,"ShiFengsaid,shaki
ng
hisheadwhilesmi rki
ngcont emptuously.Af t
erreachi
ngTier4,hehadgai nedani nkli
ngabout
theprobl
em plaguinghissoul.Init
ial
ly,hethoughtthatwit
hthebenefit
sf r
om hispr
omot ion,t
he
probl
emshef acedwoul dst abi
li
ze.Howev er,i
tturnedoutt hatwasn'tthecaseatal l
.His
probl
emswer ef argreaterthanhei magi ned.Thisfeel
ingbecameev enmor eobviousaf t
erhe
hadusedtheBi bl
eofDar kness.

TheBi
bleofDar
knesshadbeensecr
etl
yer
odi
nghi
ssoulal
lthi
sti
me!

Hecouldn'
thelpbutadmi
tthatt
hisgodl
ikei
tem tr
ulycoul
dn'
tbecontr
oll
edeasi
ly
.Itwasmuch
moredangerousthanMagi
cWeapons.Howev er
,itwasalsoi
mpossibl
eforhi
mt oabandont
he
Bi
bleofDarkness.

Ther oadt oreachi

nghi
ghert
ier
swasi ncr
edibl
ydi
ffi
cul
t.Onlybygr aspi
ngever
yavai
labl
e
opportuni
tywouldhehav
eachanceofbecomingaGod.Other
wise,ev
erythi
nghedi
dwoul
dbe
fornaught.

OneexamplewouldbetheSoulMar kherecei
vedf
rom aFauxSai
ntDev
ourerhedefeat
edsome
ti
meago.I twaspreci
selybecausehehadexploi
tedt
hisopport
uni
tyt
hathehadmanagedt o
str
engthenhi
ssoul,which,i
nt ur
n,st
rengt
henedhisr
esi
stancetot
hatmy st
eri
ousNPC'ssoul
curse.

Ot
her
wise,
hewoul
dn'
thav
esur
viv
edunt
ilnow.

ShiFengthenl
ookedatFroberoandsaid,"Imightnotbeabl etocontrolyoucompl et
ely
,buty ou
shouldknow t
hatasy oursummoner ,Icanf orci
blycontrolpartofy ourpower."TheBi bl
eof
Darknesswashisgreatestassuranceinv enturi
ngtot heRui nedMount ainRanget histi
me.
Venturi
ngdeepint
otheneut r
almapwi t
hj usthispersonalstrengt
hwasi mpossibl
e.Afterall
,
Todelyaal
onewasalr
eadymor ethanenought omakehi mf lee.

"You'
llr
egrett
his!Cont
roll
ingthepowerofDemonsi sbeyondyou!Themor
eyouusei
t,t
he
deeperyouwil
lsink,
unt
ilevent
ual
lyyoursouli
sconsumedcompl
etel
y!"

"
Thanky
ouf
ort
hewar
ning,
butdon'
tthi
nky
ouDemonswi
llhav
eaneasyt
imedev
our
ingme!
"

Aft
ersayi
ngso,ShiFengusedt
heBibl
eofDarknesstoer
aseFr
ober
o'sconsci
ousnessandgai
n
cont
rolov
eraporti
onoftheDemonPri
nce'
sst
rength.

ALev
el135DemonPr
ince!

Evenwithj
ust70% ofFrobero'
sst
rengt
h,hecoul
droam aboutt
heRui
nedMount
ainRange'
s
outerar
eawi
thoutanyworr
ies.

Theconv
ersat
ionbetweenShiFengandFrober
olast
edf
oronlyashor
tmoment.Hence,
Todel
ya,
whohadbeenpetr
ifi
edbythestonedoorandtheLor
doftheDead,
wasst
il
lidl
e.

Howev er
,af
terShiFengtookcontr
olofFrobero'
sbody ,Todel
yai
mmediat
elynoti
cedsomethi
ng
amiss.TheDemonPr ince'
sauraandment aloppressi
onhadweakenedsi
gnifi
cantl
y.Mor
eover,
Fr
oberocoulddispl
ayhosti
li
tyt
owarditnow.
Aft
erreali
zingwhathadj
usthappened,
Todel
yapouncedonShiFengwi
thouthesi
tat
ion,
sendi
ng
oneofitsmountai
n-si
zedcl
awssmashingrut
hlessl
yatt
heti
nyhuman.

ShiFengi
mmediat
elyf
eltasift
hespacear
oundhim hadcompr
essedahundr
edf
old.Notonl
y
di
dhisbodyf
eelal
otheavi
er,
butev
entimehadst
art
edslow.

Ti
er4I
nnat
eSki
ll
,Sunder
ingEar
th!

Thiswast hefir
sttimeTodelyahadresort
edtoaSkill
.Previ
ously
,whenfi
ghti
ngantsl
ike
Li
felessThor
n,itcouldn'
tevenbebot
heredtouseSki
ll
s.However,t
heonl
ythi
ngonitsmi
nd
ri
ghtnowwast okil
lShiFengasqui
ckl
yaspossi
ble.

Underintensepressur
efr
om t
hespacear
oundhi
m,ShiFengl
ookedupatTodel
yaandsmi
led.
"
You'r
et oolate!
"

EvenbeforeShiFengfini
shedspeaki
ng,Fr
ober
o,whostoodi
nfrontofShiFeng,
wav
edhishand
abrupt
ly,andapitch-
blackspearoff
lamescondensedi
nhishand.Hethenswungthespearat
Todely
a'sapproachi
ngclaw.

Alt
houghFrober
o'sspearwasmadeoff
lames,i
tdidnotf
eelscorchi
ngatall
.Onthecont
rary,i
t
gaveoffanext r
emechi l
lthatf
rozet
hesur r
oundi
ng space.Timeitsel
fseemed tofreeze
momentari
ly.

Boom!

Spaceshat
ter
edandt
urnedi
ntonot
hingness.

Thei mpactofthecoll
isionbetweenthetwoat tackscausedt hegroundtosink.Wi t
ht he
excepti
onofShiFeng,t
her esul
ti
ngshockwavealsosentev er
yonefl
yingover500yardsaway
andinfl
ict
eddamageont hem r
angi
ngbetweentensofthousandstohundredsoft
housands.

AsforTodel
ya,i
tsmassi
vebodyshotbackwar
dov
erahundr
edy
ards,l
evel
ingt
het
err
aini
nit
s
pat
h.

Thenextmoment,I
ll
usor
yWor ds,Uny
iel
dingHear
t,andt
heot
her
s,whogotbl
ownaway
,gaped
i
nshockastheyl
ookedatTodelya.

-
49,
454,
423!

Damagenear
ing50mil
li
onhadappearedabovetheSoulSi
nger
'shead.Thepowergapbet
ween
Todel
yaandFrober
owasinst
ant
lydet
ermi
ned.Thetwowereonentir
elydi
ff
erentl
evel
s.

TLNotes:[1]
DemonPri
nce:Fy
i,theranksf
orDemonsgoasf ol
lows–Demon(
Tier3),Gr
eat
Demon(Tier4)
,DemonPri
nce(
Tier4,
butaboveGr
eatDemons)
,andDemonKi
ng(
Tier5)…

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2759–Hal
f-
stepDemonKi
ng

"
Ist
hist
her
ealt
rumpcar
dBl
ackFl
amehasbeenhi
dingal
lthi
sti
me?
"

Il
lusoryWordsandUnyi
eldi
ngHeartwereshockedastheystar
edatthethree-
eyedDemon
hov er
ingpr
oudl
yint
hesky.Att
hesameti
me,theyrev
eal
edbi
tt
ersmil
esonthei
rfaces.

[
Frober
o(Lor
doft
heDead)
)(DemonPr
ince)Lev
el135

HP13,
000,
000,
000

Theyhad l
ong knownt
hatpeopl
eli
keShiFeng woul
d al
way
skeepat
rumpcar
d hi
dden.
Otherwise,hewoul
dn'
thav
ecomet
othedanger
ousRui
nedMount
ainRangeev
ent
houghhehad
reachedTier4.

Howev
er,
theynev
eri
magi
nedt
hatShiFeng'
str
umpcar
dwoul
dbet
hist
err
if
ying.

Themanhadactual
lysummonedaDemonPr
incef
rom t
heDar
kAby
ssandcont
rol
ledi
tli
kea
puppett
ofi
ghtf
orhi
m.

ADemonPrincewasanexist
encecapabl
eofrival
ingTi
er5existences.I
ntermsofLifeRat
ing,
a
DemonPr
incewasabov eevenSuperi
orMy t
hicmonsters.Nottoment i
on,Frober
owasev ena
DemonPr
incewithat
it
le.Cal
li
nghim aHalf
-st
epDemonKi ngwouldn'
tbeanexaggerati
on.

Ift
hevar
ioussuper
powersweretof
indoutaboutt
hispower
,theywoul
dmostl
ikel
yhav
ever
y
ugl
yexpr
essi
onsonthei
rfaces.

AnyDemonPri
ncethatpossessedatit
lehadear
nedthei
rti
tl
ebysl aught
eri
ngcount
lesspeopl
e
i
nGod'sDomain.I
nf act
,thesetit
ledDemonPrinceswereresponsibl
eforthedestr
ucti
onof
someki
ngdomsinGod'sDomain.

Foranexi stencecapabl
eofsingle-
handedlydestr
oyi
nganentir
ekingdom,destroyi
ngaSuper
Guild'
sGuildCitywouldbechi
ld'
splay.I
nreali
ty,
ShiFenghi
mselfhadalsoenter
tai
nedthesame
fantasi
esasI l
lusor
yWordsandUny i
eldi
ngHear t
.However
,thesethoughtsremainedmerel
y
thoughts.

Aft
erhispr omotion to Ti
er4,both hi
sConcentr
ati
on and Manaper cepti
on had gained a
qual
it
ati
veimpr ovement.Thankstotheseimpr
ovements,hediscover
edasmal ltraceofdar k
ener
gylingeri
ngar oundhissoul.TheBibl
eofDarknesspossessedincredi
blepower.Inf act
,
someLegendar yitemswouldevenseem weakcomparedtoit.Thissi
tuati
onwasi nconsist
ent
wit
hGod'sDomai n'srul
es.

InGod'
sDomain,onehadtopayapr icecorr
espondi
ngt othepowergained.Thi
swasthe
bal
anceofGod'
sDomain.However
,theBibleofDarknessdidn'
tseem bal
ancedtohi
m.The
poweri
tof
fer
edit
swiel
derwasf
argreat
erthant
hecostofusingit
.

Now,t
heBibleofDar
kness'
sdet
ri
ment
swer
ethor
oughl
yrev
eal
ed.Hi
ssoulhadbecomet
aint
ed
wit
hdarkener
gy.

Alt
hough the dark ener
gy l
inger
ing ar
ound hi
s soulwas i
ncr
edibl
y weak,it
s puri
ty was
excepti
onall
yhigh,equaltotheenergyfoundinSev enLumi
nar
iesCryst
als.Or
dinar
ypower
couldn'
texpeli
t.

Andthemoreheusedt heBi
bleofDar
kness'
spower,t
hestr
ongerandpur
erthi
sdar
kenergy
became.Par
ti
cul
arl
y,whenhesummonedFrober
o,t
herateatwhi
chthi
sdarkener
gygrewhad
skyr
ocket
ed.

Hence,unl
essabsol
utel
ynecessar
y,hedi
dn'
tdar
ecasual
lyuset
heBi
bleofDar
kness'
spower
f
ornow.

Meanwhil
e,asev er
yonewasst
unnedbyFr obero'
spower,Todel
ya,whohadbeenknocked
backwar
d,letl
ooseadeaf
eni
ngr
oarl
ikeanenragedbeast
.

Todel
ya'
sor i
ginal
lytranslucentbodytur
nedbloodr edandenl ar
gedsi gni
fi
cant
ly.Now,the
Real
m Lordeasil
yreachedahei ghtof50meter
s.Si
mul t
aneousl
y,arippl
eofpowerspreadfr
om
i
tsbody,r
eaching500y ardsawayandcausingt
hegroundtosink.

Whatast
rongGr
avi
tyDomai
n!ShiFengf
rownedwhenTodel
ya'
sGr
avi
tyDomai
nreachedhi
m.

Despi
tehi
sManaDomai nandTier4phy si
que,movinginsi
deTodelya'
sGravi
tyDomainwas
act
ual
lydi
ff
icul
t.Now,
hecoul
dn'
tevenexhi
bithal
fofhisnor
malspeed,
letal
onehisSt
rengt
h.

IfTi
er3pl ayersstoodwithi
nthi
sGravi
tyDomai
nr i
ghtnow,theywoul
dmostl i
kel
ybecrushedt
o
death.Fortunatel
y ,Fr
obero,whom ShiFeng cont
roll
ed,wasn'
tparti
cular
lyaff
ect
ed bythi
s
Gravit
yDomai n.Hisspeedandstr
engthhadbeenr educedbyonly20% orso.Hesti
llhel
dan
advantageov erTodely
a.
So,
thi
sist
heDemonPr
ince'
spower
?ShiFengwasast
oni
shedbyt
hissi
tuat
ion.

Despi
tebothhim andFrober
obei ngTier4existences,therewasatremendousgapbet
ween
them.HeonlyhadbasiccontroloverFrober
o'sbody ;ut
ili
zingFr
ober
o'sManaandfri
ght
eni
ng
Concent
rat
ionwasbeyondhim.

Whi
let
heset
woaspect
smi ghtnotseem ver
yimpor
tant
,theywer
ecr
uci
alf
orTi
er4exi
stences
t
omaximi
zet
heuseofthei
rBasicAtt
ribut
es.

Atthi
sti
me,ShiFengcoul
dn'
texhi
bitev
en10%ofFr
ober
o'st
ruecombatpower
.Despi
tet
hat
,
Fr
oberocoul
dst
il
lover
whel
m Todel
ya.

AllShiFengneededt odonow wascontr

olFr
oberoandhav
et heDemonPri
ncepi
ndownthe
SoulSinger
.Ifev ery
oneelsehelpedoutinatt
acki
ngTodely
a,slay
ingt
heSuperi
orMyt
hic
wouldn'
tbeimpossibl
e.

Howev
er,
Todel
yahadnoi
ntent
ionofl
ett
ingShiFengr
eal
izehi
spl
ans.

Chanti
nganincantati
on,theReal
m Lordrepeat
edl
yshat
teredthegroundar
oundit
sel
fand
gather
edthescatt
eredrubbl
e.Inj
ustthr
eeseconds,ameteori
tewi
tha400-yar
dradi
ushad
for
medi nmi
dair
.

ATi
er4Cur
se?ShiFeng'
scompl
exi
ondar
kenedwhenhesawt
hemet
eor
it
e.

ATier4Cur secastbyaSuperiorMythicwouldpossesspowerattheTi er5standar

d.Asingl
e
st
ri
kefrom suchanattackwasmor ethanenoughtodemolishacity'
sdefensi
vemagicarr
ay.As
aTier4pl
ayer,i
fhegotstruckbythi
sattack,
hewoulddiewi t
houtquest
ion.

Att hi
stime,letal
oneShiFeng,evenIll
usor
yWords,Unyi
eldingHeart,andt
heotherpl
ayer
s
standi
ngov er500yar
dsawaywer estunnedbyTodel
ya'
sattack.Hel
plesssmil
esappear
edon
theirf
aces.

Oncet
hisTi
er4Cur
sel
anded,
noneoft
hem woul
dsur
viv
e.Theycoul
dn'
tev
eni
nter
ruptt
heSpel
l.

Dammi
t!Whycan'
tIusehi
sMana?ShiFengf
eltahugeheadachei
nthi
ssi
tuat
ion.

IfFrober
oweretorelyononl yhisphysicalbody,theDemonPr incedef
ini
tel
ywouldn'
tbeabl
eto
shrugoffaTier4Cur se.Mor eover
,eveni fFroberocouldenduretheatt
ack,bot
hShiFengand
therestofhi
steam couldn'
t.Escapi
ngwasal soimpossibl
eatthispoi
nt.

Af
teral
l,
theact
ivat
ionofaTi
er4Cur
sewoul
dpl
aceasealont
hespaceoft
heaf
fect
edr
egi
on.

Asidef r
om shat
teri
ngt heTier4Cursedi r
ectl
y,theonlyot herwaytosurv
iveaTi er4Curse
wouldbet oendurei t
.Howev er
,nei
theroft hesetwoopt i
onswer evi
ableforShiFeng.Ifhe
couldn'
tcontr
olFrobero'
sMana,hewoul dn'
tbeabl etouseanyoft heDemonPr i
nce'sSki
ll
sor
Spells;
hecouldonlyhavetheDemonPr i
ncef i
ghthand-t
o-hand.

Whil
eShiFengwasthi
nki
ngabouthow t
oresolv
ethi
sTi
er4Cur
se,Todel
yacompl
etedt
he
i
ncantat
ionf
ort
heTi
er4Cur
seMeteor
it
eColl
apse.

Boom!

Thenextmoment
,theenor
mousmet
eor
it
ethathadt
akenshapef
ellf
rom t
heskyl
ikear
eal
meteor
.

Dammit
!Seei
ngthedescendi
ngmeteori
te,ShiFenggri
tt
edhi
steet
handbegancal
li
ngt
hedar
k
ener
gyhi
ddenint
hedepthsofhi
ssoul.I
t'
sallornot
hingnow!

Asatoolcapabl
eofcont
rol
li
ngallDemons,t
heBibleofDar
knessshoul
dn'
tbelimit
edtotur
ning
Demonsintosi
mplemeatpuppet
s.ShiFengbel
iev
editcoul
dexertf
urt
hercont
rolovert
hem.

Meanwhi
le,aDemon'spowerwasn'
tli
mit
edtoj
ustMana.Theyal
sohadaccesst
otheterr
if
ying
PowerofDarkness.I
not herwor
ds,thePowerofDarknesswasthesourceofst
rengthfor
Demons.

Yet
,whenShiFengusedtheBi
bleofDarkness,hecoul
dper
for
m onl
ysi
mpl
emani
pul
ati
onof
Demons.Thi
sobvi
ousl
ydi
dn'
tseem r
ight
.

Theinst
antShiFengmanipulatedt
hestrandofdarkener
gywi
thi
nhi
ssoul
,itact
ual
lyf
ormeda
connect
ionwi
thFrober
o'ssourceofpower.Thi
sis?
!

ShiFengwasst
upef
ied.

Atthi
smoment
,hef
eltt
hathewasFr
ober
o.Henowcoul
dseewhatFr
ober
osawandf
eelwhat
Fr
oberof
elt
.

Isthi
swhati
tfeel
sli
ketobeanexist
enceapproachingTier5DemonKi
ngs?NotonlydidShi
Fengnotf
eelt
hesli
ght
estbi
tanxi
ousorfear
fulofthedescendi
ngmet
eor
it
e,buti
tevenlooked
l
ikeatoyt
ohim.

Bei tthesurroundi
ngMana, ter
rai
n,orsky
, hecoul
dnowpercei
veev er
y t
hingwi t
hext
remeclar
it
y.
Event heoperati
ngpr i
ncipl
esoftheprofoundmagicelement
sl ookedf arlesscomplexinhis
opinion.Meanwhi le,justwhenev er
yoneel seontheteam shookt heirheadsandgav eup,
Frober osuddenlyrai
sedahandunderShiFeng'scont
rolanddi
recteditatthemassivemeteor
it
e.

Thenextmoment,agigantichandmadeofManaappear
edoutoft
hinai
randgr
abbedt
he
meteor
it
e,t
henl
ight
lysqueezed.

Boom!

A deaf
eningexplosi
onoccur
redinmidair
,andt hemeteori
te,whichwasover400metersin
r
adius,i
nstant
lyshat
ter
edi
ntodust
.Spacearoundthehandalsotr
ansfor
medi
ntoablackv
oid.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2760–I
ll
usor
ySwor
dSl
aysReal
m Lor
d

Theskyshattered,andtheresul
ti
ngv oi
dstorm dy
edt
heskybl
ackasitt
hreatenedtodev
our
every
thingonthisland.Thevoidstor
m wassopowerf
ult
hatev
enTier4playerswoul
dsuffer
severedamageordeat hi
ftheygott
ooclose.

"
Sost
rong!
""Hecr
ushedaTi
er4Cur
sewi
thhi
shand!I
sher
eal
lyj
ustaTi
er4Demon?
!"

Ever
yonepresentgaspedatt
hepoweroft
heDemonPri
nceShiFengcont
rol
led.Fr
ober
o'smi
ght
hadthor
oughlyshatt
eredt
hei
rper
cepti
onofTi
er4Demonsi
nGod'sDomain.

I
nfact
,ev
enShiFenghi
msel
ffel
tshockedbyt
hisout
come.

Amazing!ADemonPr i
ncecanactual
lycontr
olManatosuchater
ri
fyinglev
el!Nowonderthey
're
knownasHalf-
stepDemonKings!Theiract
ualcombatpoweri
sdefi
nitel
yattheTi
er5standar
d!

Prev
iousl
y,ShiFenghadmerelyt
houghtt
ouseFrobero'
sManatoresi
stTodel
ya'
sTi
er4Cur
se.
However,t
heManaHandt heDemonPr i
nceconj
uredhadact
uall
yshatt
eredtheTi
er4Cur
se.
TheDemonPr ince'
spowerwasbeyondhi
simagi
nati
on.

Nevert
heless,t
hemostamazi
ngaspectaboutFr
ober
owoul dhavet
obet heManahecoul
d
condense.Thestrengt
hoft
hecondensedManasurpassedevenShiFeng'
sManawhenhe
execut
edHol yDev
our.

Meanwhil
e,Frober
ohadalreadyexhi
bit
edsuchastoundi
ngManajustbycasuall
ycondensingit
i
ntotheshapeofahand.Hadt heDemonPri
nceexecutedaManaTechniquejustnow,ther
esult
woul
d have defi
nit
elybeen mind-
blowi
ng.The powerofthe att
ackmi ghtev en r
each t
he
I
nter
medi
ateTi
er5st
andar
d.

Usual
ly,i
faSuperiorMythicmonsterusedaTi
er4Cur
se,theSpel
l'
spowerwoul
donl
ybeatt
he
ent
rylevelofTi
er5,notevenreachi
ngtheBasi
cTi
er5standar
d.

However,t
heManaHandFr oberomanifest
edj ustnow wasundoubtedlyattheBasi cTier5
st
andard.I
ftheat
tack'spowerreachedtheIntermedi
ateTier5standard,t
her esul
ti
ngspat i
al
st
orm woul
d'v
ehadar adi
usofseveralt
housandy ar
dsinst
eadofj
ustseveralhundredyards.

ShiFengcoul
dn'
thel
prev
eli
ngi
nFr
ober
o'spower
.

Afterall,t
hefeeli
ngofwi el
dingsuchpowerwassi mpl
ywonder f
ul.Thi
swasespeciall
ytruefor
Frobero'spercept
ionofandaf f
ini
tyforMana.Whencont rol
li
ngt heDemonPrince,ShiFeng
couldf eelhi
scompr ehensi
onoft heoper
atingpri
nci
plesofManabecomi ngalotclearerthan
before.Thiswasn'tasensat
ionhecouldexperi
encewit
hjustanordinar
yTi
er4physique.

I
fIcanmaintai
nthisst
ate,Icanprobabl
ybr
eakthroughmyManaBody's100%thr
eshol
dinjust
one ortwo hour
s.Mycont rolofMana mightev en i
mpr
ove,and get
ti
ng pr
omoted t
oa
Grandmast
erMagici
anwouldbef arl
essofast
ruggle.

Thegapi
nphy
siqueandLi
feRat
ingwasn'
tsomet
hingt
hatBasi
cAt
tri
but
escoul
dcompensat
e
for
.

Iftheeffect
sofBasicAtt
ribut
esonone'
scombatpowerwerecal
cul
atedbyaddi
ti
onand
subtr
act
ion,thent
heef
fect
sofphysi
queandLi
feRat
ingwoul
dbecal
cul
atedbymul
ti
pli
cat
ion
anddivi
sion.

Thiswasal sowhyt heDragonr acestoodattheapexofal

lraces.EvenwiththesameBasic
Att
ributes,
aDr agonwouldbemanyt i
messt r
ongert
hanahuman.Forthesamereason,Dr
agons,
Fall
enAngel s,andsuchcreatur
eswer einv
inci
bleamongt
hoseofthesamet i
er,
withsomeeven
capableoftranscendingt
ier
s.

BasedonthepowerFr
ober
odi
spl
ayed,t
heDemonPr
ince'
sLi
feRat
ingwaspr
obabl
ycl
oset
o
ri
val
ingDr
agons.

However
,asShiFengwassavor
ingthi
swonderf
ulmoment,asti
ngi
ngpaincamef
rom t
he
dept
hsofhi
smind.Hepal
edi
nagonyandal
mostst
agger
edandfel
ltot
hegr
ound.

Sur
eenough,
thesy
stem won'
tal
lowpl
ayer
stobei
mmer
sedi
nthi
sfeel
ingf
orl
ong.

ShiFengsmi
ledbi
tt
erl
ywhenhesensedt
hest
ateofhi
sConcent
rat
ionandt
het
aintonhi
ssoul
.

Hehadmani pul
atedFrobero'
sManaforlessthanthr
eeseconds,y
etnotonl
ydi dheexpend10%
ofhisConcentr
ati
on,butthedarkener
gyi nhissoulhadalsogr
ownsigni
ficantl
ystr
onger
.The
corr
osi
veeffectofmanipul
atingFr
ober
o'sManawasone- thir
dofsummoningt heDemonPrince
himsel
f.

Meanwhi
le,Todel
ya,whohadinit
ial
lycower
edaft
erseeingi
tsTier4Cur
seshat
ter
ed,narr
owed
i
tssixeyeswheni tnot
icedt
hei nt
ensit
yofShiFeng'
sauraplummeti
ng.I
tcouldtel
lthatShi
Fengwasnolongerinhi
sbestcondit
ion.

Immedi
atel
y,Todel
ya'
sthr
eeheadsbeganchant
inganot
herTi
er4Cur
se,i
ntendi
ngt
oki
llShi
Fengwhi
lehewasweakened.

"
Doyouthi
nkI'
llgi
veyouanotherchance?"Uponnoti
cingTodel
ya'
sacti
ons,
ShiFengconnect
ed
t
hedar
kenergyinhissoulwi
thFrober
o'ssourceofdar
knessoncemore.

Frober
o'saur
ar ecover
edtoitspeak.TheDemonPr i
nce'saur
awassot err
if
yingthatev
en
Il
lusor
yWordsandt heot
her
s,st
andi
ngsever
alhundr
edyardsaway,
trembl
edrefl
exiv
ely.

"
Staydown!
"

ShiFenghadFrober
obr andi
sht
hef
ir
espearwi
thouthesi
tat
ion,
gat
her
ingbot
hManaandPower
ofDarknessf
oranattack.
I
naddi
ti
on,
ShiFengev
enexecut
edLi
ght
shadowf
ort
hisat
tack.

Howev er
,ashewasexecut ingtheManaTechni
queindi
rectl
y,t
hroughFrober
o,hef ai
ledto
executethecomplet
eLight
shadow.Ev
enso,t
heresul
ti
ngattackwassti
llmagni
tudesstr
onger
thantheearl
ierManaHand.

Thenextmoment ,i
ll
usoryspear
sraineddownf r
om t
heskyandbombardedTodel
ya'sheads.
Theattacksweresoquickandpower fult
hatt
heSoulSi
ngercoul
dn'
tdodgethem i
nt i
me,its
bodygetti
ngpummeledintot
heground.

Cracksextendi
ngsev er
althousandy ardsfor
medont hegr
oundduet otheimpact s.Thevi
olent
tr
embl i
ngoftheeart
ht oppl
edev eryoneonShiFeng'
steam andforcedthem tositontheground.
Byt heti
met helandstoppedshaki ng,acraterwi
tha300-yardradiushadf or
medi nTodel
ya's
positi
on.AsfortheRealm Lordi t
self,i
tsbodyhadsunksev er
aldozenmet ersintotheground,
onlyit
sthreeheadsremainingabov eground.

-
1,165,
446,
428)

Adamagevalueexceedi
ngonebi
ll
ionemer
gedslowlyaboveTodel
ya'
sheadasi
tsHPbarf
ellby
asi
gni
fi
cantchunk.Eveni
tsl
if
eaurahadweakenedsl
ight
ly.

Crap!Thecommanderi
sinsane!Heactual
lymanagedt
osummonsuchaDemon!Solit
aryNine
wassecretl
yast
oni
shedwhenhesawt hedamageanddestr
uct
ionFr
ober
ocaused.Att
hisrate,
thefi
ghtcoul
dendi
njustanot
herdozenhit
sorso!

TheBossmonsterthatpr
evi
ouslyfi
ll
edthei
rmi ndswithonl
ythoughtsofescapehadbeen
beat
endownl
ikeadog.Theheavyinj
uri
esTodely
asuffer
edhadalsocausedittol
ose30%ofi
ts
Basi
cAtt
ri
but
es.Therewassi
mplynocomparisonbet
weenTodely
aandFr obero.

"Al
right,st
opdaydreaming!Al
lofy ouacti
vat
ey ourBerser
kSkill
sandf i
ghtt
heBosstoget
her
withtheDemonPr i
nce!Wemustgetr i
doft heBossnow!Ot herwi
se,noneofuswil
lgetout
ali
ve!"ShiFengor
deredweaklythr
oughtheteam chatashesatdownont hegr
ound.

Hehadusedhi sf
ullpowert olaunchthatprev
iousblow.Hehadev enexecut edapar t
ial
Light
shadow.Asar esult
,hehadexpended30%ofhi sConcentrat
ionandfur
therenhancedthe
darkenergyinhissoul.Now,hewasi nanincomparabl
yweakenedst at
e,andj ustcont
rol
li
ng
Froberorequi
redal
lhisfocus.I
ftheyal
lowedTodelyat
or ecov
eranduseanot herTier4Curse,
theywouldteam-wi
pe.

Hence,t
heyneededtof
ini
shTodel
yawhil
etheRealm Lor
dwasst
il
lweakened.Theydef
ini
tel
y
coul
dnotaff
ordtogi
vei
tachancet
ocatchabreat
her.

UponhearingShiFeng'
sweakv oi
ce,Unyiel
dingHearti
mmediatel
yunderst
oodthei
rsit
uat
ion.
Hurr
iedl
y,heshout
edthrought
heteam chat,
"Ever
yonefr
om Unyi
eldi
ngSoul,
fol
lowme!"

"Ever
yonefr
om Cri
msonEmperor,at
tacktoget
her!Act
ivateyourBerser
kSkil
ls!
"Il
lusor
yWor
ds
alsocommandedhersubor
dinat
estot akeacti
on.She,too,under
stoodthatnow wasnott
he
ti
met ohol
dback.

I
mmediatel
y,20-
pluspeakexpert
sfr
om Asura,Unyi
eldi
ngSoul,andCr
imsonEmper
oract
ivat
ed
t
hei
rBerser
kSkil
lsandrushedtowar
dTodely
asi mul
taneousl
y.

Howev
er,theSoulSingeralso r
eali
zed t
hepr ecar
ioussi
tuat
ionitwasi nr
ightnow.Af
ter
dr
aggi
ngit
sheavi
lyi
njuredbodyoutofthecrat
er,i
tfl
edwit
houthesi
tat
ion.

"
Don'
teventhinkofgett
ingaway!
"ShiFengdidnotgiveTodelyaanyoppor
tuni
ti
estoescape.
Cont
rol
li
ngFrober
o,hehadtheDemonPrincel
aunchanotherat
tackatt
heReal
m Lord.

However
,asShiFeng coul
d execut
eonl
ysimpleatt
ackswi t
h Fr
ober
or i
ghtnow,Todel
ya
managedtodef
endagai
nstt
heDemonPri
nce'
sat
tackdespi
tebei
ngheavi
lyi
njur
ed.

-94,
376,414!Adamageval
ueneari
ng100mi l
li
onappear
edaboveTodel
ya'
sheadwhenitscl
aw
coll
idedwithFr
ober
o'sf
irespear
.Disr
egar
dingthedamage,Todel
yaimmedi
atel
yjumpedint
o
t
heai
rtof
lee.

However,ShiFengwasnoor dinaryexpertbutsomeoneatt hepeakoft heAscensionRealm.

Eventhoughhewasi nament all
yweakenedst ateandcouldn'
tgetFroberotoexerthisactual
combatpower,hecouldst
il
lusetheDemonPr i
ncetopindownTodelya.Ever
yoneoft heatt
acks
heexecutedwit
hFroberot
arget
edTodel ya'
svit
als,f
orci
ngtheReal
m Lordtodefenditsel
f.

Meanwhil
e,Uny
iel
dingHear
tandt
heot
her
sar
ri
vedwi
thi
nat
tackr
angeandi
mmedi
atel
yjoi
ned
t
hebatt
le.

Allofthem possessedpowerri
val
ingTier4My t
hicmonsters.Althought
heysti
llcoul
dn'
taf
for
d
tofaceTodelyainaf r
ont
alconf
rontat
ion,
thedamagetheyinfli
ctedwassigni
fi
cant.

Thenextmoment ,normalattacksdeal
ingovertwomill
iondamageeach,coupl
edwi
tht
he
occasionalTi
er3Ski
llreapi
ngov ert
enmi l
li
ondamage,l
andedontheRealm Lor
doneaf
ter
another.

AsTodely
awasal r
eadyst r
uggli
ngtodealwit
hFrober
o,i
twasut
terl
ypower
lessagainstt
he20-
pl
usplay
ers'
assault
.Itcouldonl
ylett
heplay
ersbombardi
twi
thatt
acksast
heypleased.

83%…72%…54%…

Ti
mepassedqui
ckl
y,wi
thonesi
dest
icki
ngcl
oset
otheot
her
.

Onesidewasf l
eei
ngdesper
atel
y,whil
etheothersidewaspur
sui
ngandattacki
ngrut
hlessl
y.
Fort
unatel
y,ShiFengandt
heothersdeal
tsuf
fi
cient
lyhi
ghdamage,
draggi
ngTodel
ya'
sHPdown
conti
nuousl
y.

Aftert
hreeminutesintothebat t
le,Todel
ya'
sHPhi t30%.However,atthi
st i
me,thepeakexper
ts
onShiFeng'st eam losttheBer serkSki
ll
s'ef
fectsoneafteranother.I
mmedi atel
y,t
heteam's
overal
lDPSpl ummet edtoj ustbarel
yoverTodely
a'sbatt
lerecovery
.Att hi
srate,t
heywouldn'
t
beabletofi
nishtheReal m Lordquickl
y.

Tenmi
nut
es…Fi
ft
eenmi
nut
es…Twent
ymi
nut
es…

WhenTodelya'
sHPfellt
o8%,it
saurasuddenl
ychanged.TheReal
m Lor
dhadf
inal
lyr
ecov
ered
f
rom i
tsweakenedst
ateandwasnowbackinpeakcondit
ion.

"
Die!Humans!"Todel
yabel
lowedi
nhumantongue,
ahi
ntofmadnessandcont
emptappear
ingi
n
i
tseyes.I
tthenbegancast
ingaTi
er4Cur
se.

"
Dammi t!West i
lldi
dn'tmakei t
?"Uny i
eldi
ngHeart'scompl
exionsankwhenhesaw anot her
meteori
tetaki
ngshapeint hesky
.Theyhadf oughtf
ormorethan20mi nut
es,yettheyst
il
lfai
led
t
osl aytheweakenedTodel y
a.Nowt hattheRealm Lor
dwascast i
nganotherTier4Curse,the
r
aidwasasgoodasov er.

"Theonewho'sgoi ngtodieisyou!"Somedi st
anceawayf r
om thebattl
efi
eld,ShiFengst
oodup
abruptly
,agli
mmerofl i
ghtbloomi nginhisey es.Het henmani pulat
edt hedarkenergyinhis
souloncemor e.Comparedtothet woprevi
ousi nstances,ShiFengwasmuchmor efamil
iarwit
h
mani pul
ati
ngFr ober
o'spowert hi
st i
me.Thenextmoment ,Fr
oberowi eldedhisspearlikea
greatswordandent er
edthest anceforexecut i
ngLi ghtshadow.TheManaar oundtheDemon
Princebeganrampaging.Simul
taneously,
ani l
lusoryswor d100met ersl
ongappear edinmidair
.

"
Die!
"

Atthismoment,ShiFenghadexhaust
edev
erybi
tofConcent
rat
ionhehadl
eftt
ohav
eFr
ober
o
executeLi
ght
shadow.

Boom!

Thei
ll
usor
yswor
ddescendedi
nst
ant
ly!

Foramoment
,ev
ery
oneev
enhadt
hemi
sconcept
iont
hatt
heskyhadbeenspl
itapar
t.
Onesecondlater
,Todelya'
s50-
meter
-tal
lbodydivi
dedi
ntotwohalvesandcol
lapsedt
othe
gr
ound.TheRealm Lor
d'sHPzer
oedout
, t
heBossbecomi
ngdeadert
handead.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2761–Lev
elSky
rocket
s

"
It
'sdead?
"

"
Thatwascl
ose!Foramomentt
her
e,It
houghtwewoul
dal
lgetf
lat
tened!
"

"
Iam nevergoingtogonearSuperi
orMythi
cseveragainbef
orer
eachi
ngTi
er4!Thesear
en'
t
t
hingsTi
er3player
sli
keoursel
vescandoanyt
hingagai
nst.
"

Aft
ereveryonesawTodelyabi
sected,t
heysl
umpeddownt othegr
oundandbr
eat
hedoutasi
gh
ofrel
ief
,render
edspeechl
essbythisnarr
owescapef
rom deat
h.

Howev
er,
manypeopl
eal
sof
eltf
ort
unat
eaboutt
hei
rsur
viv
alandcoul
dn'
thel
plaughi
nghappi
ly
.

AsforI
ll
usor
yWor dsandUnyiel
dingHeart
,bot
hweret
oot
ir
edt
opayat
tent
iont
oTodel
ya.They
onl
ywantedtosi
tdown,rest
,andr el
axt
heirmi
nds.

However
,beforeanyonecoul
dcat
chthei
rbreath,di
vinesoundsdescendedf
rom t
heskyand
echoedt
hroughoutt
heval
ley,
somel
odi
ousthatevery
onefelti
ntoxi
cat
ed.

AsexpectedofaFi rstKil
lintheRui
nedMountainRange.Evenwit
houtDiv
ineProvi
dence,the
l
oot'squal
itycanactual
lytri
ggeraDi
vineHymn.ShiFeng,whowasl y
ingontheground,wasa
l
itt
lesurpr
isedbythissit
uati
on.Henevert
houghtthatt
heFir
stKil
lofaRealm Lor
dwouldy i
eld
suchexcel
lentloot
.

Ini
ti
all
y,hehadbeent hi
nkingofusi ngDivi
nePr ov
idenceandpersonal
lydeal
ingt
hefi
nishing
blowtoTodelya.However,thesit
uationattheenddidnotpermi
thimt odoso.Asaresult,he
couldonl
yrel
yonFr ober
ot ofi
nishtheRealm Lor
d.

WhiletheDiv
ineHy
mnr esoundedi
nt hevall
ey,bri
ghtr
aysofl
ightenvel
opedal
lthesurvi
vor
s.
ShiFeng,whowasi
nit
ial
lyat78%ofLevel125,l
evel
eduptwi
ceandreached4%ofLevel127.

Every
oneelselev
eledupatleastthr
eetimes,withsomeev enl
evel
ingupf
ourt
imes.The
abundanceoft
heEXPawar
dedutter
lydumbfoundedev
eryone.

"
ASuper
iorMy
thi
cBossact
ual
lyawar
dssomuchEXP?
"

"
Ifi
twerebef
ore,wewoul
dn'
tgett
hismuchEXPev
enaf
terki
ll
ing30Super
iorMy
thi
cs.Wi
tht
his,
wesaveatl
easthal
famonthofgr
indi
ng.
"

"
It
'sapi
tyt
hatev
ery
oneel
sedi
ed.I
fnot
,theywoul
d'
vesav
edonpl
ent
yofgr
indi
ngt
imeas

wel
l.
"

Everyonecoul dn'thelpsighi
ngov ert heabundantEXPf rom Todelya.Ononehand,t heyfelt
gratefulthattheycoul dsaveplentyoft ime.Ontheotherhand,
theyfeltgui
lt
yforthosewhodied.
Notonl ydi dthedeadpl ayer
snotr eceiveanyEXPf r
om theraid,buttheywouldevenloseone
l
ev elafterresurrecti
on.Andev enifI l
lusoryWordsandtheotherhealersofthet
eam resur
rect
ed
them, theywoul dstil
llosenearlyhalfal evel
'
sworthofEXP.

Onl
yShiFengr
emai
nedunf
azedbyt
hissi
tuat
ion.

Set
ti
ngasi
dethatt
hisrai
dhappenedaf
tert
hefir
stmajorupdat
e,j
ustt
hefactt
hatTodel
yawas
bot
haSuperi
orMythi
cmonsterandaRealm Lor
dalr
eadymeantthattheEXPgrant
eduponi
ts
deat
hwoul dbei
ncr
edi
blyl
avi
sh.ThedescentofaDi
vineHy
mnwoul
dal
soi
ncr
easet
heEXP
awarded.

Furt
hermore,Todely
awasaLev el128monst
er,whereasmostofthepl
ayer
sontheteam hadn'
t
evenreachedLevel120y
et.ThebonusEXPtheseplayer
srecei
vedwoul
dbesigni
fi
cant
.

Howev er
,itwouldbealmostimpossi
bleforthem t
olevelupsoqui
cklyagaini
nt hef
uture.Aft
er
al
l,eachregionoftheRuinedMountainRangehadonlyoneRealm Lord,whi
chtookfivenatur
al
daysormor etorespawn.Moreov
er,theReal
m Lordsforeachr
egi
onwer en'
tfi
xed.

Hence,althoughtheirt
eam hadsecuredi
nfor
mati
ononTodely
atheSoulSi
nger
,thi
sinfor
mation
wouldbeusel essbecauset henextReal
m Lordt
hatspawnedint
hisregi
onwouldprobabl
ybe
someot herSuperiorMythi
cmonster.

I
twasal mosti
mpossibl
ef orpl
ayer
st ocomeacr ossthesameRealm Lordmulti
pleti
mesin
f
orbiddenlandssuchastheRuinedMount ai
nRange.Ev er
yBossthatspawnedwouldbenew.
Hence,play
erscoul
dn'
tpreparef
orspecif
icBossesandcouldonl
yrel
yonbrutest
rengt
hortool
s
t
osecur evi
ctor
y.new.

St
andingupslowly
,ShiFenglookedathisteammatesandcommanded,"
Star
tresur
rect
ingthe
ot
hers.Thor
n,youguy
spatrolt
hesurroundi
ngs.Makesur
enomonster
scomeambushi ngus.
"

Alt
hough Frobero'
s presence had scared the sur
roundi
ng monster
si ntofleei
ng and the
l
ikel
ihoodofanambushwasl ow, i
tneverhurttobecareful
.Aft
eral
l,whetheri
twasaf orbi
dden
l
andf oral
lli
feoraforbi
ddenlandforhumans, asingl
emi st
akewasalli
ttooktoteam-wipe.

"
Leav
eitt
ous.
"

Li
fel
essThor
nnoddedbef
orel
eav
ingt
opat
rolt
hesur
roundi
ngst
oget
herwi
thCl
eansi
ngWhi
stl
e
andtheot
her
s.

Asf
orYanYa,I
ll
usor
yWor ds,andtheothersur
viv
ingheal
ers,t
heybeganr
esur
rect
ingt
het
eam
member
ski
ll
edbytheSoulDev our
ers.

AlthoughthesepeoplehaddiedbecausetheyhadtheirConcentr
ati
onsuckeddry
,thei
rsoulsdi
d
notgetdamaged.Hence, resur
recti
onwasstil
lpossibl
e.Onl
y,theywouldbeinaweakenedstat
e
forseveralhour
safterget
tingresur
rect
edandwoul dn'
tbeabletopart
ici
pat
einbatt
leri
ghtaway.

Whil
et heother
swerebusywitht
hei
rrespect
ivet
asks,ShiFengsl
owl
ymadehi
swayt
o
Todel
ya'scor
pseandwai
tedf
ort
hel
oott
oappear.

Regar
dingTodel
ya'
sloot
,noneoft
hemember
sofUny
iel
dingSoulorCr
imsonEmper
orgav
eit
muchthought
.

Afteral
l,ShiFengwast heorganizerofthi
steam.Bef
oretheywentonthi
sexpedi
ti
on,theyhad
alr
eadyagr eedthatal
ldiscov
eri
esmadeandi t
emsobtai
nedwouldbel
ongtoShiFeng.Thiswas
thebasi
sf orthecooperati
onoftheirt
hreeGuil
ds.

Moreover
,evenwit
houttheagreement
,bothUnyi
eldi
ngSoul
'
sandCr
imsonEmper
or'
speak
exper
tswoul
dbetooashamedtoaskforanyl
oot
.

From starttoend,theyhadmerelypl
ayedasupport
ingroleandbarel
ydidanyt
hingduri
ngthe
raid.I
nfact,ifnotf
orShiFenglandi
ngthefi
nishi
ngblow,theywoul
dn'
tbeali
veri
ghtnow.They
alsowoul dn'
thavelevel
edupthreeorfourt
imesandgai neda15-daylev
eli
ngadvant
ageover
theoutsidewor l
d'
speakexper
ts.

Onecoul
dsayt hattheEXPharvestal
onealr
eadymadet heirt
riptotheRui
nedMountai
nRange
wort
hwhil
e.Nott omenti
on,t
heyalsogott
olearnaboutt heRuinedMountai
nRangeandfindout
j
usthowdanger oustheneutr
almapwas.Wi ththi
si nformati
on,thei
rtwoGuil
dswouldhavea
mucheasi
erti
meexpl ori
ngtheneutr
almapinthefuture.

Let'
shopethel
ooti
sn'
ttoobad.I'
devensett
lef
orj
ustoneort
woTier4Skil
lBooksoraLegacy
GuidanceFr
agment
,ShiFengprayedi
nwardl
ywhenhesawthedar
kcloudsintheskygr
aduall
y
scatt
eri
ng.
Comparedtot heoutsi
deworld,theRuinedMountainRangewasimpov
eri
shed.Unl
ikewhat
mostpeopl
eoft heoutsideworl
di magi
ned,t
heRuinedMountai
nRangewasn'
taplacewhere
onecoul
djustkil
lafewrandom mobsandgetri
chquick.

Onthecontrary,beitforbi
ddenlandsforhumansorfor
biddenl
andsf
oralll
ife,
bothwerescar
ce
i
nmat er
ialresources.Inst
ead,thereasonplay
ersandNPCsdeemedf or
biddenlandst
ober i
ch
i
nresourceswast heLegacyr esour
cesfoundther
e.

Inthecurr
entGod'sDomai n,thekingdomsandempi rescontr
olledTi
er3Legacyr esour
ces.I
n
thecaseofTier4Legacies,though,eventhekingdomsandempi r
esbar
elyhadany ;somehad
noneatal l
.Howev er
,thev ariousforbi
ddenlandsst i
llcont
ainedaconsiderabl
enumberof
Legaci
esforTier4andabov e.Hence,for
biddenlandswerefarri
cheri
nLegaciesthanthemaps
i
nt heout
sideworl
d.

Meanwhi
le,
aft
erpl
ayer
sreachedTi
er4,
ther
ewer
ethr
eeway
stheycoul
dimpr
ovet
hemsel
ves.

Thefirstandsimpl
estmethodwasupgr
adi
ngthei
rweaponsandequi
pment
.Suchi
temswer
e
readi
lyavail
abl
eint
hevar
iouski
ngdomsandempir
es.

Thesecondmet hodwassignif
icantl
ymor ediff
icult
:obt ainingTier4SkillandSpel lBooks.After
reachingTier4,asidefrom spendingLegacySki l
lPoi ntst oobtainTier4LegacySki l
ls,t
heonl y
otherwaypl ayerscouldobtainTier4Ski l
lswast hroughSki l
lBooks.Howev er,themonst er
si n
thev ari
ouskingdoms,empi res,andst andardneutralmapsal mostnev erdr oppedTi er4Ski l
l
Books.Onl ythemonst ersi
nf orbi
ddenl andswoulddr opt heseitems.Mor eov er
,onlymonst ers
attheMy thi
cr ankorabovedroppedt hem, andthedr op-ratewasi ncr
ediblylow.

Ti
er4Skill
sandSpellswer
ecr ucialindecidingaTi er4player
'sstrength.Oft
enti
mes,t
heresul
t
ofaduelbetweenTier4playerscoul dbepr edict
edbasedont henumberofTi er4Skil
lsand
Spel
lsthetwosideshel
d.ThiswasbecauseTi er4Skil
lsweremagni tudesstr
ongert
hanTier3
Ski
ll
s,wit
hsomecapableofinstant-ki
ll
ingplay ersoft
hesamet ier.

Theref
ore,aft
erreachingTier4,acquir
ingTier4Skil
lBookswaskeyt oincreasi
ngaplayer'
s
str
ength.Thei mprovementplayerscould gainfr
om aTi er4 Ski
llcoul
dr ivalFr
agmented
Legendaryi
tems.Mor eover
,unli
keFragmentedLegendar
yit
ems,l
earnedSkil
lsandSpell
sdidn'
t
haveachanceofdr oppingupondeath.

Thethi
rdmethodtoimproveone'
sst
rengt
hwasal
sot
hemostdi
ff
icul
tone:obt
aini
ngLegacy
Gui
dancesf
orTier4orabov
e.

Afterpl
ayer
sr eachedTi
er4,lev
elswoul
dnolongerbeasimport
antasbef
ore.Ev
enifpl
ayers
reachedLevel150andf ul
fi
ll
edthemini
mum condit
ionf
orpromoti
ontoTier5,t
heywouldn'
t
necessar
il
yreachTier5.

Get
ti
ngpr
omot
edt
oTi
er5wasf
armor
edi
ff
icul
tthanr
eachi
ngTi
er4.

FortheTier4promoti
on,pl
ayer
sonlyneededt
ofi
ndt
hei
rTi
er4LegacyLandandl
ear
naTi
er4
LegacySkil
lwi
thint
heall
ott
edtime.

However
,therewerenosuchchall
engesfort
heTier5promot
ion.Pl
ayer
swer
en'
trequi
redto
compl
eteatroubl
esomePromot
ionQuest,
nordidt
heyneedt
osearchf
orsomer
andom l
ocat
ion.

Inst
ead,gett
ingpromotedtoTier5wasav erystr
aight
forwardpr
ocess.Pl
ayer
sjusthadtor
aise
thei
rConcentrat
iontotheTier5standard,t
henreconstructt
hei
rownManaBodi es,whi
chwould
all
owtheiressencetoachi
ev eaquali
tat
iveimprovement.

Thi
swashowonebecameaSai
nt!

Uponr eachi
ngTier5,pl
ayerswoul dnol
ongerbeanor di
naryhuman.Thei
rLi
feRati
ngwoul
d
reachanext r
aor
dinar
ylevel.Thiswaswhyveryfew pl
ayer
sandNPCswoul devermanaget
o
reachTier5inGod'
sDomai n.Thosewhodi
dwouldbedragonsandphoeni
xesamongmen.

Thefi
rstst
eptor eachi
ngTier5wasbreaki
ngt hr
ought
hel
imi
tsofone'
sManaBodyatTi
er3.
Whil
ethismightseem li
keaninsi
gni
fi
cantstep,i
twoul
dpr
ovi
deplayer
swi
thgr
eathel
pwhen
t
heyt
ri
edt
oreconst
ructt
hei
rManaBodi
esatTi
er4.

Themostdif
fi
cul
tstepwasgoingf
rom ot
o1.Meanwhi
le,Vi
oletCl
oudhadal
readyt
akent
he
fi
rstst
epont
hepathtoTi
er5.

Meanwhile,LegacyGuidancescoul
daidpl ay
ersinunderstandi
ngt heoper ati
ngprinci
plesof
Manabecauset heyr
ecordedthecomprehensionsofancientpower housesonManaandt he
methodstoutil
izeMana.Someev encont
ainedmethodsandexperiencesf orconst
ructi
ngMana
Bodies.

Thi
swasalsowhyShiFenghadchosent
orecei
vet
heCr
imson-
eyedSwor
dSai
nt'
sLegacy
Gui
dancewi
thouthesi
tat
ion.

AtTier3,despit
erecei
vingsamplesofManaBodies,pl
ayer
ssti
llfacedincredibl
edif
fi
cul
ty
const
ructi
ngthei
rManaBodies.I
fplayer
swi
shedtogetpr
omotedtoTier5,theywouldneedto
const
ructaManaBodythatwasatleastt
ent
imesstr
onger
.Thedi
ff
icul
tyofthisfeatwassi
mply
uni
maginable.

Hence,LegacyGuidanceswer eincr
ediblyimpor
tant
.Onl
ybyconti
nuousl
ylearni
ngaboutMana
andManaBodi escoul dplayersconstructaManaBodyr i
val
ingTi
er5existences.Ot
her
wise,
theywouldremai
natTi er4fortherestofthei
rli
ves.

However
,obtai
ningLegacyGuidanceswaseasiersai
dthandone.LegacyGuidanceFragments
wer
enol essrarethanFragmentedLegendar
yi t
ems.Generall
y,onl
ytheBossesoff orbi
dden
l
andsattheReal
m Lordstat
usorhigherwoul
dhav easmallchanceofdr
oppi
ngt hi
str
easure.

Thi
swasal
sooneoft
her
easonsv
eryf
ewi
ndependentpl
ayer
sev
ermanagedt
oreachTi
er5.

Aft
erall,letal
onesoloingSuper i
orMy t
hicsofthesamel evel,evensoloingSuperi
orMy thicsofa
l
owerl ev elwasimpossi bleforTier4exper t
s.Nor mal l
y ,rai
dingsuchmonst ersrequiredt he
cooperationofmul t
ipl
eTi er4pl ayer
s.Moreov er,evenifpl ayerskil
ledaSuper i
orMy thic,they
wouldn'tnecessari
lyobtainaLegacyGui danceFr agment .Andev eni
faf ragmentdiddr op,how
manypeopl ewouldgetashar eofit?Inaddit
ion,theGui ldswoul dfranti
call
ycontestfort hese
Bosses, whichfur
theri
ncr easedthedif
fi
cult
yofr eachingTi er5forindependentplayer
s.

Unl
essonepossessedasuf
fi
cient
lyst
rongbackerorheav
en-
def
yingt
alent
,Ti
er5woul
dfor
ever
bebeyondone'
sreach.

Meanwhil
e,asShiFengwaspr ayi
ngandl ookingtotheskywi thanexhaustedexpr
essi
on,
dozensofdazzl
ingitemsdescendedaroundhi m.Theappearanceoft
heseitemsimmediat
ely
att
ract
edtheambientManafrom sever
alhundredyar
dsaround.

WhenShiFengspot
tedastrangestonescul
ptur
eofamonst eramongthesei
tems,hi
sey
es
i
nst
ant
lyl
itup.Heev
enrubbedhisey
es,thi
nki
ngthathehadseenwr
ong.

AnAnci
entBeastScul
ptur
e?!Di
dthi
smonst
erswal
lowanAnci
entGod'
str
easur
y?!

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2762–Anci
entTr
easur
e

Whi
lethestrangebeaststat
uehel
dShiFeng'
sat
tent
ion,t
heotherpl
ayerspatr
oll
ingandr
esti
ng
i
nthedistancenoticedthesever
aldozenit
emsfal
li
ngf r
om thesky.Theireyesimmedi
atel
y
wi
denedinshock.

"
Crap!What
'supwi
tht
hisl
oot
?"

"
I'
venev
erseensomanyEpi
cit
emsandLegendar
ymat
eri
alsdr
oppi
ngatonce!
"
"TheBossisaLev el128Super
iorMy
thi
c,sotheEpicit
emsi tdroppedcandefini
tel
ybeusedup
toLevel150.Despitemaki
ngsomanycontri
buti
onstotheGuild,Ionlymanagedtogetapairof
Epicbracer
st hatcanbeuseduptoLevel130.Wit
hallthoseEpi cit
ems,Icouldprobabl
yful
ly
gearmy sel
finEpicit
ems…"

Despi
teev
ery
onebei
ngpeakexper
tsorbet
ter
,theyst
il
lgr
ewenv
iouswhent
heysawTodel
ya'
s
l
oot.

Rather
,itwasinevi
tabl
ethattheywouldbeenvi
ous.Al
thoughEpicWeaponsandEquipmenthad
becomeal otmor ecommoni nthecurr
entGod'
sDomai n,themajori
tyoft
hem coul
dbeused
onlyuptoLevel100.Thosethatcoul
dbeuseduptoLev el120werefewandfarbet
ween.

AsforEpicit
emsthatcoul
dbeusedupt
oLev
el150,ev
ent
hev
ari
oussuper
power
swoul
dn'
t
hav
emor ethan30pi
eces.

Thiswasn'tbecausethevar
ioussuperpower
swereslacki
ngonki
ll
ingLevel100-
plusMythi
c
monstersbutbecauseMythi
cmonstersonlyhadati
nychanceofdr
oppingEpicWeaponsand
Equipmentthatcoul
dbeuseduptoLevel150.

Now,
howev
er,
Todel
yahaddr
oppedov
ert
enEpi
cit
ems!

Needlesstosay,ever
yoneoftheseEpicitemswouldbegoodupt oLev el150.Afteral
l,Todel
ya
wasaLev el128SuperiorMyt
hic.Accor
dingtothei
rpastexper
iences,theEpicitemsdr oppedby
Level120-plusSuper
iorMyt
hicBosseswoul dalmostcert
ainl
yhav etheirlevell
imitsetat150.
Howev er
,theEpicWeaponsandEqui pmentdroppedwereonlythetipoft heiceberg.Whattrul
y
madeev eryone'
seyesglowweretheLegendarymater
ial
sintheloot.

Legendar
ymat eri
alscouldbeusedtocreat
ecust
omi
zedEpi
cWeaponsandEqui
pment
,whi
ch
woulddefi
nit
elybetop-t
ieramongEpi
cit
ems.

Howev er
,li
keLev
el150Epicitems,t
hedr op-
rat
eforLegendarymateri
alswaspi
tif
ull
ylow.Ev
en
Level100-pl
usSuperi
orMy t
hicswould,atmost,dr
opInferi
orLegendarymater
ial
s;moreoft
en
thannot,t
heywoulddroponl
yEpicmat er
ial
s.

Nonetheless,Todelyahaddr
oppedasmanyassev enLegendar
ymateri
als.I
not herwords,one
coul
dpr oducesev encust
omizedEpi
cWeaponsandEquipmentwit
halevell
imitofLevel150.

Nott
omenti
on,t
he20-
plusI
nfer
iorLegendar
ymat
eri
alsTodel
yadr
oppedcoul
dal
sobeusedt
o
pr
oducet
op-
ti
erEpi
cWeaponsandEquipment.

Inot
herwords,Todelyaalonehadessent
ial
lydroppedover30Level150Epi
cWeaponsand
Equi
pment,morethanenought oful
lyar
mt woplayersinLevel150Epi
citems.Thi
swas
somethi
ngimpossi
bleevenfort
hevari
oussuperpowersatt
hisst
ageoft
hegame.

Asexpect edofaforbi
ddenl and.JustthelootofaSuperi
orMyt
hicBosshereequalsthelootof
threeorfourSuperi
orMy t
hicBossesi ntheoutsideworl
d.Thel
oot'
squali
tyisalsosi
gnifi
cantl
y
better
.Uny i
eldi
ngHeartalsocouldn'thel
phisastoni
shmentatt
hisscene.Atthesamet ime,he
resolv
edt hatonceher eachedTi er4,hewoul dabsolutel
ybr
ingat eam heretoexplorethe
RuinedMount ai
nRange.

However,unl
ikeeveryoneelse,ShiFengpaidnoat tentiontotheweapons,equipment,and
mater
ial
sTodelyadropped.I
nstead,
hesteppedforward,coll
ect
edaone-
meter-t
allbeastst
atue,
andst
orediti
nhisEpicSpati
alBagwi t
houthesi
tat
ion.

InShiFeng'
sopini
on,ev
ent hecombinedval
ueofal
ltheot
heri
temsTodel
yadr
oppedcoul
dn'
t
comparetothev
alueofthi
sbeastst
atue.

(
Sacr
edBeastSt
atue(
Soul
-dev
our
ingBeast
)](
Epi
cRank,
Uni
queI
tem)

Oneof12st
onescul
ptur
esofSacr
edBeast
smadebyCer
ecol
oBar
rest
an.I
thol
dsi
ncr
edi
ble
power
.

Oneshoul
dn'
tunder
est
imat
ethebeastst
atuej
ustbecausei
twasanEpi
cit
em.
ForTier4pl
ayer
sandabov
e,t
hisbeastst
atuewaseasi
lyat
housandt
imesmor
eval
uabl
ethan
Legendar
yit
ems.

AnAnci
entGodi nGod'sDomain,Cerecol
oBarrest
anwasknownast heGodofElement
sby
ev
ery
one.Legendhaditthathecoul
dcontrolal
lmagicel
ement
s,andhewasincr
edibl
yst
rong
ev
enamongt heAnci
entGods.

InGod'sDomai n,anyitem belongi

ngtoaGodwoul dalreadybeanamazingit
em,letal
onean
AncientGod'spossessi on.The12Sacr edBeastSt at
ueswer eoneofCerecol
oBar r
est
an'
s
earl
iestcreat
ions.Tobot hGodsandAncientGods,t
hesestatueswer
etr
ash.However
,toTi
er4
play
ers,thesestatueswerepri
celesst
reasur
es.

Onthesurface,the12SacredBeastStatueswereonl
yint
endedasroom decor
.Howev er,i
fone
pl
acedthesest atuesi
nareaswithincr
edibl
ydenseMana,thest
atueswouldgener
ateaspeci al
si
gnal
.Thissi gnalall
owedplayersinsi
det heroom t
opercei
vetheoperati
ngprinci
plesofa
par
ti
cul
armagi cel ement
.

Alt
houghthegrantedpercept
ionwasvague,i
twassti
llmuchbet
tert
hanbl
indl
ytr
yingt
ofeel
anddeducetheoperat
ingpri
ncipl
esoft
hemagicel
ements.

Moreover
,theef
fectstacked.Withmorebeaststatuescol
lect
ed,notonl
ywouldonegetto
per
ceiv
emor emagi
celement s,
butthei
ntensi
tyoft
hegrant
edpercept
ionwoul
dal
soincr
ease.

I
nt hepast
,aSuperGui l
dhaddi
scover
edanAncientGod'
streasur
y.Andaft
erworki
ngtoget
her
wi
thsev er
alsuperpowersandi
ncur
ri
ngcount
lesscasual
ti
es,theSuperGui
ldhadsuccessf
ull
y
r
aidedthetreasur
y.

Theyhaddiscov
eredthr
eeofthe12SacredBeastStat
uesi
nsi
det
het
reasur
y,oneoft
hem a
medium-
sizedst
atueatt
heFr
agmentedLegendar
yrank.

Duetothesethr
eebeaststat
ues,t
heSuperGuil
dthatf
oundt
het
reasur
yhadendeduponeof
theTwel
veGreatGui
ldswi
thinashortper
iod.

Now,ShiFenghadmer el
ykill
edaSuperi
orMyt
hicrankedReal
m Lor
d,y
ethehadact
ual
ly
acqui
redaSacr
edBeastSt
atue.Thi
swassi
mpl
yunbel
iev
able.

Ireall
yl uckedoutthist
ime.Al thoughnotev enoneFr agmentedLegendaryit
em dr
opped,the
Bossact uall
ydroppedani ntactLegacyGuidanceCr yst
al,besi
desoneoft he12SacredBeast
Statues.Ifanyofthosesuperpower si
nthepastf oundoutaboutthi
s,theywouldmostli
kel
ygo
crazyf r
om envy.ShiFengi nwar dl
ygrew ecstat
icashepi ckedupacr imsonMemor yCrystal
fr
om t heground.

Normall
y,t
heLegacyGuidancespl
ayer
scouldobt
aininf
orbi
ddenlandswereonl
yfragment
ed
cry
stal
s.Duet
ot heinst
abil
it
yoftheManainsi
dethesef
ragment
s,theywoulddi
sappearaf
ter
oneuse.

Howev
er,
ani
ntactLegacyGui
danceCr
yst
alwasadi
ff
erentst
ory
!

Ast
heManainsi
deani nt
actcr
yst
alwasincredi
blyst
abl
e,pl
ayer
scoul
dusei
tsev
eralt
imes.
Mor
eov
er,
eachusecostonl
y100MagicCr
ystals.

However
,astheseLegacyGui
danceCr
yst
alswer
equi
teanci
ent
,ev
enacompl
eteonecoul
dbe
usedonl
yni
net i
mes.

Regardl
ess,anint
actLegacyGuidanceCr y
stalwasasval
uabl
easaLegendar
yitem becausei
t
recor
dedfarmor einf
ormati
onthanaf ragmentedcr
yst
al.Asi
ngl
euseofanintactcryst
alwas
easil
yworthtenusesoffr
agmentedcrystal
s.

Inthepast,somesuperpowerswereevenwil
li
ngtoexchangeaLegendaryi
tem f
orani nt
act
LegacyGuidanceCry
stal.Howev
er,
nobodyhadevert
akenuptheof
fer
.Thiswasespeci
all
ytrue
forGui
ldsandadventur
erteams.

Af
terall
,theLegacyGuidanceCr
y st
alcoul
dleadt
othebi
rt
hofaTi
er5pl
ayer
,whi
chwasway
moreval
uablethanaLegendaryi
tem.
InGod'sDomai n,unl
essTier6God-
rankedexpertsmadeanappearance,Ti
er5play
erswoul
d
standatt hepinnacl
eoft hegame.Ther esourcesaTier5playercouldacqui
rewitht
hei
r
strengt
hfarexceededthev
alueofaLegendar
yitem.

Severalminut
esl
ater,ShiFengf
ini
shedstor
ingal
loft
hedroppedit
emsi nhisSpat
ialBag.He
thenletevery
onerestforanaddit
ionalt
enminut
esbefor
eleadi
ngt hem t
owardtheEarthf
all
SecretLand.

ShiFenghadnochoicebutt
opositi
onthesti
llweakenedmembersatthecenteroftheteam.He
al
sohadFr ober
oopenupt hepathf ort
hem,cleari
ngouttheLevel125-pl
usGr eatLordsand
GrandLor
dsthatassaul
tedt
hei
rteam ontheway.Hehadnoi nt
ent
ionofrest
ingwhat soever
.

"Commander
,ar
en'
tweintoomuchofahurr
y? "Sol
it
aryNi
neaskedi
nawhi
sperashel
ookedat
ShiFeng,
whost
il
lhadadeat
hlypal
ecompl
exion.

Thefightwi
thTodel
yaleftevery
one'
sConcentr
ati
onbel
ow t
he10% t
hreshol
d;t
heycoul
dfal
l
unconsci
ousatanyt
ime.ShiFengwasnoexcept
ion.

Yet,af
terrest
ingforjustashor
twhi
le,ShiFenghadl
edt
hem deeperi
ntot
heRui
nedMount
ain
Rangewithouthesit
ati
on.

Atthi
spoint,t
heyhadal r
eadybeenr unni
ngforclosetotwohours,andev eryonehadconstantl
y
beenfight
ingthroughoutthi
speriod.Moreover,themonster
stheyf oughtallhadconsiderabl
y
hi
gh combatst andardsand high BasicAttri
butes.Alt
hough Froberot ookon mostoft he
monstersforthem,t heoccasi
onalmonst erstil
lsli
ppedby.Andi ftheywer en'
tcaref
ul,they
wouldbeeasil
yov erwhel
medbyt hesemonsters.

"Iknow,butwedon' thavemuchtimel ef
t,
"ShiFengsaidwhil
econt
roll
ingFrobero.Smili
ng
bit
ter
ly,hecont
inued,"Att
hispoi
nt,IcannolongersummonasecondDemonPr ince.I
fthe
durat
ionoft
hisonelapsesbef
orewereachourdest
inat
ion,
we'
l
ldieamiser
abledeath."

UponhearingShiFeng'
swords,Sol
it
aryNinelookedattheendl
essmonster
saroundthem and
gotgoosebumps.Atthesametime,hesubconsciousl
yrai
sedhi
sshi
eldandstoodcl
osertoShi
Feng.

IfnotfortheDemonPr ince,theywoulddefi
nit
elybedoomed.Inf
act,t
heywouldn'
tbeableto
copewi t
hallthesemonsters,evenwithsev
eralTier4exper
tsont
heteam.Aft
erall
,fi
ghti
ngin
theRuinedMount ainRangecostal otofStaminaandConcentr
ati
on.Itwasimpossibl
efor
player
stofightendl
essl
y.

"
Movefast
er!We'
real
mostt
her
e!"ShiFengur
gedev
ery
onet
hrought
het
eam chataf
tert
aki
nga
l
ookathi
smap.

AtShiFeng'
swor
ds,every
onehurr
iedlyclosedt
hedist
ancetoFrober
o.Thet
eam thenbr
okeout
i
namaddashwhi l
eblockingt
heattackscomingfr
om thesur
roundi
ngmonst
ers.

Aft
erfr
anti
callyadvanci
ngforanotherdozenminutesorso,theteam fi
nal
lydi
scover
edahuge
caveinthev all
ey,withanentranceseveraldozenmet er
shigh.Thecav eexert
edament al
i
nfl
uencethatriv
aledTodel
ya'
s,makingeveryonefeeldi
scomfor
table.

"Guil
dLeaderBl ackFlame,isthistheplacey ouwer et al
kingabout?"I l
lusoryWor dsasked
anxiousl
y.Whenshelookedatthenearbycav e,shegotasenseofdepr essionanduncer t
ainty.A
hintoffearhadevenappearedinherheart.Ifshewasal r
eadyexper i
encingsuchf eeli
ngsev en
beforeenter
ingthecave,i
twasn'thar
dt oi
magi nehowdanger ousitwouldbei nsi
de.Lookingat
theGodSl ay
er'
smap, ShiFengsaidwit
hcertainty,
"Itshoul
dbeher e.
"

"
But
…Thatment
ali
nfl
uence…"Uny
iel
dingHear
thadgoosebumpsashel
ookedatt
hecav
e.

Ifanothermonst erl
ikeTodelyaemer gedfrom t
hecave,theyreal
lywouldbeont hei
rwayt othe
under wor
ld."Thement alinfl
uenceisindeedconsider
able,butwewentt ogreatlengthst
oget
here.Wecan' tpossibl
ygi v
eupnow,canwe? "ShiFengal sounder
stoodUny iel
dingHeart'
s
worries.Iftheydiednow,i twouldindeedbeabi gloss.Howev er
,hehadt oobt aintheGod
Slayer'st
reasurenomat terwhat.I
nthewor st-
casescenari
o,hewasev enwil
li
ngt ousehisfi
nal
t
rumpcar
d.

"
Okay
,let
'sgoi
nandt
akeal
ook.
"

Unyi
eldi
ngHeartnodded.He,t
oo,thoughtthatShiFeng'
swordswerecorr
ect.Theyhadal r
eady
gott
enthisf
ar.Itwoul
dbeapityi
ft heyabandonedtheexpedi
ti
on.Nottomention,
theystil
lhad
theDemonPrincetoguar
dthem.Iffurt
herprogresswastr
ulyi
mpossibl
e,t
heycouldsti
llescape.

Fol
lowi
ngwhi
ch,
ShiFengandt
heot
her
smadet
hei
rwayt
othecav
e.

Howev
er,
whent
het
eam wal
kedt
hrought
hecav
eent
rance,
ast
art
li
ngscenesuddenl
yoccur
red.

TheinstantFr
oberosteppedi nt
othecav e,aredbeam shotoutf rom thecav e'
sdepths.Befor
e
ShiFengcouldevenhaveFr oberoexecuteevasiv
emaneuv ers,t
her edbeam hadalreadypier
ced
thr
ought heDemonPr i
nce'
sbody .Af t
ergettingstruck,t
heLor doft heDead,whohadbeen
i
nvinci
bleuptothi
spoint,bursti
ntoabundl eofflamesandv ani
shedwi thoutatr
ace.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2763–God?

Hedi
ed?

ShiFengwasdumbf
oundedatt
hesi
ghtofFr
ober
oone-
shot
ted.

Notonl
ywasthatr
edbeam unbel
iev
abl
yfast
,buti
tev
enpackedenoughpowert
oki
llaDemon
Pr
incei
nst
ant
ly.

Al
thoughtheBibleofDarknesssummonedonl
yaweakcloneofFrober
o'st
ruebody
,thi
scl
one
st
il
lpossessedthephy
siqueofabonafi
deHalf
-st
epDemonKing.

Ev
ent
rueTi
er5DemonKi
ngscoul
dn'
tsl
ayaHal
f-
stepDemonKi
ngi
nonehi
t.

Asfort
her edbeam ori
ginatingfr
om abarr
iertr
apormagicci
rcle,
thelikel
ihoodofthatwasl ow.
Anybar
riertr
apormagi carraywouldrequi
reitsusert
obepresenttodispl
ayi t
sgreatestpower.
Wit
houttheuser,barri
ertrapsandmagi carrayscoul
d,atmost,tr
apsomeone.Theydef i
nitel
y
di
dnothav etheabi
li
tytokillthecl
oneofaHal f
-st
epDemonKinginstantl
y.

Nottomenti
on,thebeam j
ustnowdi
dn'
tlookl
ikei
tor
igi
nat
edf
rom amagi
car
rayorbar
ri
erbut
moreli
keanOffensi
veSpel
l.

Every
oneelsepr
esentwasal
sost
unnedbyt
hissi
tuat
ion,andchi
ll
sspr
eadal
lov
ert
hei
rbody
i
nstantl
y.

"
Whathappened?
"

"
That
'saHal
f-
stepDemonKi
ngwear
etal
kingabout
!"

TheDemonPrincethatt
heybel
iev
edwasinvi
ncibl
ehadactuall
ygottenki
ll
edi
nst
ant
ly.I
fthey
tookasi
mil
aratt
ackonthei
rTi
er3bodi
es,
they,
too,woul
dn'
tlastasecond.

Howev
er,
thi
sst
il
lwasn'
tthecr
uci
alpoi
nt.

Thefactt
hatt
heotherpart
ycouldone-shotaHalf-
stepDemonKingmeantt
hatt
heot
herpar
ty
wasamongthemosthorri
fyi
ngexi
stencestheyhadcomeacross.

Meanwhil
e,noneoft hesehorr
ifyi
ngexistenceswerethingsplay
ersdaredtooff
endbecausethe
possi
bleconsequencesindoi ngsoi ncl
udedt heannihil
ati
onoft hei
rsouls.I
fthathappened,
theywoul
dreall
yhavet ostar
talloveragain.
Howev
er,bef
oreany
onecoul
dsnapoutoft
hei
rdaze,at
err
if
yingment
alpr
essur
eassaul
ted
t
hem.

Asifti
mehadstopped,ev
eryonefrozeinpl
ace.Inf
act
,ev
ent
hei
rthought
shadf
all
eni
ntoa
tor
por
.Theysi
mplyst
oodstil
l,
notknowingwhatt
odo.

Whil
eever
yonest
agnated,ShiFengcl
ear
lysensedsomet
hing,andhi
shear
timmedi
atel
ygr
ew
col
datt
hisdi
scov
ery.

I
t'
sov
er!

I
nhisprev
iouslif
e,hehadseenthi
sti
me-st
oppingphenomenononlyonce-
inav
ideoofagr
oup
ofTi
er6God-rankedexper
tscl
ashi
ngagai
nstanAncientEv
ilGod.

Thef i
ghtbackt henhadbeenearth-shat
ter
ing.However,asidef
rom t
heTier6God-ranked
expert
sandaf ew Tier5exper
ts,theotherplayer
spr esenthadnoideawhatexact
lyhad
happened.Byt
het imeever
yoner
ecovered,t
hebatt
lewasal r
eadyov
er.

Formostoftheplay
erspr
esent,
thebatt
lehadbasi
cal
lyst
art
edandendedi
nani
nst
ant
.Tot
hem,
i
tfel
tasifnothi
nghadhappenedwhatsoever
.

However,thathadbeenfarfrom bei
ngthecase.Bytheti
meevery
oner ecov
eredfrom t
hei
r
st
upor,one-t
enthofaki
ngdom haddisappear
edfr
om God'
sDomai
n,leav
ingbehindanendl
ess
wast
elandlit
ter
edwit
hshatt
eredspace.

Nowt hatt
hisscenewasrepl
ayingbefor
eShiFeng'
sey
es,
thi
smeantt
hatt
heot
herpar
tywasno
weakerthanthatAnci
entEvi
lGodinthepast
.

Justwhenthef l
ow ofti
mewasslowingandShiFeng'sthought
swer eaboutt
ost agnat
e,a
cri
msonglow suddenl
ybloomedfr
om hisSpat
ialBag.Theappearanceofthecri
msongl ow
i
mmediatel
ydispel
ledt
hepowerenv
elopi
nghi
m.

Aft
erward,ashabbyy
etdazzl
ingbr
okenbl
adef
lewoutoft
heSpat
ialBagandhov
eredqui
etl
yin
fr
ontofhim.

Thi
sis…t
heAshBl
ade!ShiFengwasshockedwhenhesawt
hisbr
okenbl
ade.

Variouslegendswer eci r
culatinginGod'sDomai nregardi
ngt heAshBl ade,whi chwasr umor
ed
tobet heGodSl ayer'sweapon.Aweaponnamedt heAshBl adehadal soappear edi nShiFeng'
s
previousl i
fe.Backt hen,theowneroft hi
sweaponhadbeenamy ster
iousexper tnobodyknew.
Howev er
,whatev eryonedi dknow wast hismy ster
iousperson'sheav en- defyi
ngf eat.Witht
he
AshBl adei nhand,t hismy steriousexperthadsingl
e-handedlyannihil
at edaSuperGui l
d'sMai
n
City
.Mor eover,theAshBl adet hi
spersonwi el
dedwasi ncrediblypower ful.EvenEpi cWeapons
woul dbreakaf tersuf f
eri
ngt hr eeorfourhit
sfrom theAshBl ade.OnlyFr agmentedLegendary
Weaponscoul dbar elywithstandi t
spower.

Fort
hisr
eason,
ever
yonehadsuspect
edt
hatt
heAshBl
adewasaLegendar
yWeapon.

Hence,ShiFenghadkeptt
heAshBl adeal
lthi
sti
mei
nst
eadofdi
scar
dingi
t.Af
teral
l,t
her
e
mightbeadaywhenhecoul
drecasti
t.

Ofcour se,therewasanotherlegendregardingtheAshBl ade,whichst at

edt hatt
heAshBlade
wasacl uetotheGodSlayer'
sLegacy.Howev er
,accor
dingtohist
or icalmater
ialsi
nthel
ibr
aries
oft hev ar
iouskingdomsandempi r
es,nobodyhadev erfoundt heAshBl ade.Onlyaf
terthat
my ster
iousexperthadappearedandt horoughlyshatt
eredt hest
at usquoofGod' sDomaindi d
everyonest ar
tpayi
ngatt
entiontotheAshBl ade.

"Howinteresting.Outofthepeopl
ethatar
ri
v edt
histi
me,someoneactual
lybroughtt
hatit
em.It
seemsy ouar equi t
elucky.
"Whi l
eShiFengwassur pri
sedbyt heAshBl ade,adeepand
i
ndif
ferentv oicecamef r
om thedepthsofthecave.I
tusednotthehumanl anguagebutdiv
ine
l
anguageinst ead.

Si
mil
art
othedemoni
clanguage,despi
teShiFenghav
ingnoknowl
edgeoft
hedi
vinel
anguage,
hi
sbrainsti
llunder
stoodt
hemeaningconv
ey edbythewords.Bef
oreShiFengcoul
dreactt
othe
di
vinewords,anelderl
ymancl
adinagrayrobeappearedbefor
ehim.

Thisel
derlyman'sbodywasinat r
ansl
ucentsoulst
ate.Moreov
er ,i
twasi ncr
edi
blyunst
abl
e,as
i
fitwoulddisappearatanymoment.However,
ShiFengcouldsti
llfeelgr
eatpowercomingfr
om
theoldman,whi chawokeinShiFengt heur getosubmit.Theol dman' sinf
ormati
onwas
thor
oughlyhidden;i
twasimpossi
blet
ogleananyinf
ormati
onabouthi m atall
.

"Est
eemedEl der,wecameher epurel
ybymist
ake.Wedidnotcomeher
ewithanypurpose.I
hopeyoucanf or
giveus,"ShiFengsai
dapol
oget
ical
lyt
otheol
dman.Hedar
ednotdispl
ayany
disr
espectt
ot heelderbeforehi
m.

AlthoughShiFengwasn'
tawareoftheoldman'st r
ueidenti
ty,thefactthatt
heol
dmancould
stoptimemeantthathewasundoubtedl
yattheTier6standard.Evenift
heoldmanwasonl
ya
remnantsoulnow,hest
il
lwasn'
tanexist
enceShiFengcouldaffordtooff
end.

"Youdon'thavetoli
e.Iknow whyy oucameher e,"t
heol dmansaidashel ookedatShiFeng
quietl
y,hi
sdeepgazeseeminglyseei ngthroughShiFeng'ssoul
."Notonl
ydi dy ouacquir
et hat
map,buty ouevenholdtheAshBl ade.Inthatcase,youquali
fyt
oenterthisplaceandknowi ts
secret.Howmuchy oucangai nfrom thissecretwil
ldependenti
rel
yony ourself.Iam onlyan
observerandt
heprotect
orofthisplace.Iwon'tdoanythi
ngtoint
erf
erewithyourpr ogr
ess.
"

ShiFengf
eltdeepl
yrel
iev
edwhenhehear
dtheol
dman'
swor
ds.

Asforwhet
hert
heoldmanwasl yingtohim ornot,ShiFengdi
dn'
tcar
e.Af
teral
l,ev
eni
ftheol
d
manwaslyi
ngtohi
m, ShiFengcouldn'
tdoanythi
ngabouti t
.

"
Est
eemedEl
der
,mayIknowwhatwi
llhappent
omyf
ri
ends?
"ShiFengaskedwor
ri
edl
y.

Althoughhehi msel
fwasnolongerinanyimmedi
atedanger,hecoul
dn'
tsayt hesamef orhi
s
teammat es.Itwasenti
rel
ypossi
blefort
heoldmantoer asethei
rexi
stencespermanentl
yto
keept hi
splaceasecret
.

"Don'twor r
y.Iwon'tkil
lthem,
"theol d man sai
d,chuckli
ng asheglanced atShiFeng'
s
teammat es."Af
teral
l,t
heyarei
ndi
vidual
sblessedbyheav en.Theywon'
tdieevenift
heyare
kil
led,r
ight?"

ShiFengcoul
dn'
thel
pgr
owi
ngsl
ight
lyner
vousatt
heol
dman'
squest
ion.

Forsomer eason,hehadaf eel

ingthatthi
soldmanknewalotoft
hings.I
nfact
,hemightev
en
under
standthetrueexi
stenceofplayer
s.Other
wise,
hewoul
dn'
thav
easkedsuchaquesti
on.

Thi
swast
hef
ir
stt
imeShiFenghadmetsuchanNPC.

"Al
ri
ght,I'
l
lstopmessingwithyou."Si
nceShiFengdidn'tdarerespondtohi
squestion,theol
d
mandr oppedthet
opic.Hethensaid,"
YouholdtheAshBl ade,whichmeansyouarethechosen
one.Hence,youmayentert
hecav e.Asfort
heother
s,theywillbetel
epor
tedoutoft
hisplace.

"
Ofcour
se,asy
ouhav
ebeenl
uckyenought
ogetsel
ect
ed,y
oucanal
sobr
ingni
nepeopl
ewi
th
y
ou.

"Howev er
,you'
dbestthinkaboutwhot obri
ngwithy ou.Thesecr etofthi
splaceisn'
tsomethi
ng
heaven-bl
essedindi
vidualsli
key oursel
vescanimagi ne.Asingl
emi st
akemightevenresul
tina
truedeathforyou.
"Whent heoldmansai dthewor ds" tr
uedeath,"heevenplacedemphasison
them.Itsoundedasifhewaswar ningShiFeng,yetitalsosoundedasi fhewasteasi
nghim.His
behaviormadeitimpossibleforShiFengtoguesshi sthoughts.

Nonet
hel
ess,
ShiFengdi
dnotpayt
oomuchheedt
otheol
dman'
swar
ning.

Hisgoalinvisi
ti
ngt heRui
nedMount ainRangewast heEart
hfal
lSecr
etLand.Althoughhedid
notknow whatki ndofsecretthesecretl
andcontai
ned,fr
om whathehear d,t
het hr
eeSuper
Guil
dst hatmonopolizedt
hesecr etlandhadacquir
edal otofbenefi
ts.Thismeantt hatt
he
secr
etlandshouldn'
tbeav erydanger
ousplace.
"I
'
vedecidedt
obringthefourofthem.MayIknowifthati
sokay?
"ShiFengaskedashepoi
nted
atLi
fel
essThorn,
Soli
tar
yNi ne,
YanYa,andCleansi
ngWhistl
e.

"Onlyfour?"Aftertaki
ngagl anceatLif
elessThornandtheothers,t
heoldmanl ookedatShi
Fenginsur pri
seandasked," Areyousurey oudon'
twanttobr
ingmor e?Youshouldknowthat
thecostofent eri
ngt hatpl
aceisextr
aordinary
.Theamountoftimey oucanst
ayt her
eisalso
veryli
mited."

"
I'
m sur
e."ShiFengnodded.

Ini
ti
all
y,hehadconsi
der
edbri
ngi
ngmorepeoplewit
hhim.Howev er
,wi
ththepossi
bil
it
yofthi
s
secretbei
ngmuchgreat
ert
hanheimagi
ned,ev
eryaddi
ti
onalper
sonhebroughtal
ongwouldbe
anadditi
onalr
isk.

Hence,hedecidedt
obringonl
yLif
elessThorn'sgr
oupoffour
.Aft
eral
l,t
hefourofthem had
l
ongsi nceknownmanyofhi ssecrets.Theycouldt
rul
ybeconsider
edhispeoplealr
eady.
However,t
heAsuraadv
entur
ert
eam'sot hermember
swerenotasr
eli
abl
e.

"
Alr
ight
,thi
sisyourdeci
sion.
"Theol
dmannol
ongerpur
suedt
hemat
terandwav
edhi
shandat
t
hefoursel
ectedpeopl
e.

Apar
tfrom Lifeless Thorn,Solit
ary Ni
ne,Yan Ya,and Cl eansi
ng Whistl
e,allthe ot
hers
i
mmediatel
ytransfor
medi ntostreaksofl
ightandflewoutofthecav e.Thestr
eaksofli
ghtthen
l
eftt
heRuinedMount ainRange,dodgingt
hepur pl
elight
ningdecorat
ingtheneutr
almap'
ssky .

Meanwhi
le,
Lif
elessThor
nandt
heot
her
ssuddenl
yjumpedupi
nsur
pri
se.
"What
'sgoi
ngon?
"

WhenLi
fel
essThor
nandt
heot
her
ssawt
hei
rcur
rentsi
tuat
ion,
theyf
elli
ntoadaze.

Justamomentago,t herehadbeennobodyst andingbef orethem.I

nfact,evenShiFenghad
beenbehindthem.However,i
ntheblinkofaneye,notonlydidShiFengappearinfrontoft
hem,
buttherestoft
hei
rteam al
sodisappearedwi
thoutatrace.Itwasobvi
ousthatther
ewasabl ank
i
nt hei
rmemor i
es.

ewas

Now,ascar
yol
dmanst
oodbef
oret
hem.Andt
heycoul
dn'
treadanyi
nfor
mat
ionaboutt
hisol
d
man.

"Al
ri
ght,st
opl ookingaroundrandomly.Yourgazesareveryannoyi
ng.Doyoureal
lythinkIcan't
sensethem? "theoldmansuddenl yshoutedatLif
elessThor
nandt heot
hers,t
hebriefpressur
e
heexudednear lymakingthei
rkneesbuckl e."
I'
lll
etyouofft
histi
me,butifyoubehavelikethi
s
toanyoneelse, t
heywon'tbeaseasyony ouasIam! "

Uponheari
ngtheoldman'swor ds,Li
fel
essThor
nandt
heot
her
shurr
iedl
ynoddedandpr
ompt l
y
st
oppedusingthei
rIdent
if
icat
ionSkil
lsontheol
dmanandt
hei
rsur
roundi
ngs."
That
'smorel
ike
i
t.Now,f
oll
owme! "

TheoldmannoddedwhenhesawLif
elessThor
nandt
heot
her
stur
nobedi
ent
.Het
henbegan
wal
kingi
ntot
hedepthsoft
hecav
e.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2764–LandofFal
lenGods

Outsi
de oft he Ruined Mount
ain Range,Devour
ing Swamp:Dozens ofst
reaks ofli
ghts
descendedontoaswampywoodl andasUny i
eldi
ngHeartandt
heot
hersweret
ranspor
tedoutof
theRuinedMountainRange.
"Wereweresurr
ected?"Unyi
eldi
ngHeartl
ookedathi
ssur
roundi
ngswi
thsomeconf
usi
on."
Why
didwegetresur
rectedher
e?Wher e'
sBr
otherBl
ackFl
ame?"
.

TheDev ouringSwampwasaneut ralmapadjacenttotheRui

nedMount ai
nRange.However
,the
mapwasv eryhi
gh-l
evel,wi
thmonstersatLevel130orabov e.Itwasn'
tsuit
abl
eforthem to
tr
av elacross.Hence,theyhadpr
ev i
ousl
ytr
av el
edthroughaLevel120neutr
almaptoenterthe
RuinedMount ai
nRange.

"
Idon'tthi
nkwegotresur
rect
ed,"I
ll
usoryWordssaid,shaki
ngherhead."
Wewer emostl
ikel
y
t
elepor
tedher
e,pr
obabl
ythedoingofthathor
ri
fyi
ngexist
encewecameacrossj
ustnow.
"

Alt
houghshedidn'
tknow whathadhappened,themostlikelypossi
bil
it
ywast
hatt
heywer
e
bani
shedf
rom t
hecavesi
ncenoneofthem hadlostanyl
evels.

"BigSi
sIl
lusor
y,asi
defrom Bl
ackFlame,Asura'
ssideseemst
obemi
ssi
ngf
ourpeopl
etoo,
"
BlueGownsaidst
rangel
yaft
ercar
eful
lyi
nspect
ingthet
eam.

AtBlueGown'swords,ev
eryoneel
senot
icedt
hatLif
elessThor
nandthreeot
hersoftheAsur
a
advent
urerteam wereindeed mi
ssi
ng.Atthis di
scover
y,Asur
a's members coul
dn'
thel
p
becominganxi
ous.

"
Didt
heygetl
eftbehi
nd?
"Uny
iel
dingHear
tsubconsci
ousl
ymut
ter
edaguess.

AtUny
iel
dingHear
t'
swor
ds,
ever
yonepr
esentf
eltchi
ll
scr
awl
ingdownt
hei
rbacks.

Beforetheylostconsci
ousness,theyhadcl
ear
lyfel
taf ri
ght
eni
ngmentali
nfl
uencefr
om the
depthsoft hecave.Ifnotforthem losi
ngconsci
ousnessamomentlater
,theymighthave
droppedtothei
rkneesthenextsecond.

Wit
houtadoubt,t
hesourceoft
hement
ali
nfl
uencewast
hemostt
err
if
yingexi
stencet
heyhad
comeacr
osssinceent
eri
ngGod'
sDomai
n.

Theyf
oundi
ttr
ulyhar
dtoi
magi
net
heconsequencesofbei
ngt
arget
edbysuchanexi
stence.

"
Ift
hat
'st
rue,
thi
sisbad.
"Il
lusor
yWor
dsal
sof
rownedatt
hispossi
bil
it
y.

Againstt hatkindoff r
ighteningexist
ence,ev enaTi er4playerl
ikeShiFengwoul dbeno
di
fferentf r
om anant .I
nf act,thesaidexistencemightevenbeabletooblit
eratethei
rsouls.
Afterall
,af ewoft hemanyf r
ighteni
ngexistencessheknewofpossessedthi
skindofhorri
fyi
ng
abil
it
y .Nott oment i
on,theexi st
encetheyjustmetwasmanyt i
messt r
ongerthananyofthose
fr
ighteningexistences.

"
Let
'sr
eorganizetheteam andgobackt otakeal
ook.Si
mpl
yst
andi
ngar
oundanddoi
ngnot
hing
i
sn'
tasol
ution,"Uny
ieldi
ngHeartsuggested.

"No,wecannotgobacki n,"Il
lusor
yWor dscountered,shakingherhead."
Sincet
hatexi
stence
chosetokeepthem there,thereshoul
dbear easonf orthis.Ot
herwi
se,whycouldwesaf el
y
l
eavethatpl
ace,whereast heycouldn'
t?Moreover,wedon' thavetheti
met oent
ertheRuined
Mountai
nRangeagain."

"
Howso?
"Uny
iel
dingHear
taskedst
rangel
y.

Alt
houghI ll
usor
yWor ds'
sdeductionmightbecorr
ect,t
heycouldn'
tjustabandonShiFengand
the ot
her s wit
houtdoi ng any
thing.Afteral
l,they di
dn'
tev en know whetherthey had
accomplishedthei
rtask.Ift
hetaskwasn'tcompl
eted,t
hei
rthr
eeGui l
dswoul dbei
nbigt r
oubl
e
aft
erward.

"Ij
ustreceiv
ednewst hatnotonl ydi dthenumberofNPCsi ncreaseagain,butthev ari
ous
powers'member sareal sofaci
nggr eat
erdi ffi
cult
iesi nleveli
ngup.Shor t
lyaft
erwest ar
ted
sendi
ngourmember sintotheSecr etCov enantTower ,t
hesuper power sbeganhavingdesigns
overit
.Theythinkthatthetoweri sanexcel lentlevel
ingspot ,andt hey'
vealr
eadyclashedwi t
h
usoutsideSkySpr i
ngCityseveraltimes,"Ill
usoryWor dsexplained."Weneedt oheadbackas
soonaspossi bl
et opresideovert hesituat i
on.Ot herwise,it'
l
lbei mpossi
bletosealof fSky
Spri
ngCi t
ywithjustabunchofTi er3exper ts.""
They '
retakingactionalready?
"Unvieldi
ngHear t
wassur
pri
sedbyt
hisr
evel
ati
on.

I
nit
ial
ly,hethoughtthatt
hevari
oussuperpowerswoul
dn'
tpayasmuchattent
iont
otheSecret
CovenantTowerjustfort
hesakeofl
evel
ing.Hence,
hehadn'
tant
ici
pat
edsuchadevel
opment
.

Howev er
,themassivei
ncreasei
ntheNPCpopulati
onhadundoubtedl
yincreasedt
hev ar
ious
powers'urgencyanddi
ffi
cult
yinlev
eli
ngup.Thismadeexcel
lentlevel
ingspotsevenmor e
val
uablethanbefor
e.

Now,justf
orthesakeofl
evel
ingupqui
ckl
y,manysuper
power
shadal
readyst
art
edt
arget
ingt
he
Secr
etCovenantTower.

I
fthesesuperpowersent
eredt
hetoweranddiscov
eredt
heTi
er3Legaci
esi
nsi
de,t
hesi
tuat
ion
woulddef
ini
telybecomeevenmor
etroubl
esome.

"So,weneedt or et
urnquicklytoensurenobodysneaksi ntoSkySpri
ngCityandt heSecret
CovenantTower .Other
wise,thev ari
oussuper powerswould'
vealr
eadyoccupied t
het ower
beforeBlackFl
amecompl eteshist
ask.Ifthathappens,
we'l
lendupevenmorepassi
ve,"I
ll
usory
Wor ds sai
d.She then t
ook outa Tr ansferScrolland i
mmediat
elytel
epor
ted to Cri
mson
Emper or'
sResi
denceinSil
verwingCit
y.

Aft
erIl
lusor
yWor dstel
epor
tedaway,theotherCrimsonEmper
ormember
stookoutTr
ansf
er
Scr
oll
sandtelepor
tedtoSi
lver
wingCi
tyoneafteranot
her
.

"
Whatshoul
dwedo?"MuLi
ngshaaskedUny
iel
dingHear
tasCr
imsonEmper
or'
smember
slef
t.
"
Doweretur
ntoo?
"

"That'
stheonlyt hi
ngwecando.Let
'sj
usthopeBrot
herBlackFlame'
ssideissaf
e.Other
wise,
we'l
lhav eadiff
icul
troadt
owal
kdownt hel
ine,
"Unyi
eldi
ngHeartsai
d,si
ghingashetookouta
TransferScr
ollhimsel
f.

Unyi
eldi
ngSoul
'
sot hermember
si mmedi
atel
yfoll
owedsui toneafteranot
her.AsforAsura'
s
members,t
heyplannedt
oremainintheDevour
ingSwampandl ev
elupwhi l
ewaiti
ngforthei
r
vi
cecommanderstocont
actt
hem bef
oret
akingfur
theract
ion.

Duringtheti
meI l
lusor
yWor dsandUnyi
eldi
ngHear
thadretur
nedt
oSilv
erwi
ngCitytocontrol
theoveral
lsit
uati
on,ShiFengandtheot
hersint
hedist
antRui
nedMount
ainRangehadarr
ived
atthedeepestpar
tofthecave.

"
Thi
s…Thi
s…I
sthi
sthesecr
etoft
hiscav
e?"

Shockandsur
pri
sef
il
ledLi
fel
essThor
nashest
aredatt
hei
cycav
ernbef
orehi
m.

Theicycaver
nwasov eradozenkil
omet erswide.It
sinteri
orwasasnowy -
whit
ewor l
d,withi
ce
scul
ptur
esintheshapeofhumans,Elv
es, Half
-orcs,
Giants,Dwarves,
andot
herraceserect
edall
over
.Everyoneoft heseicescul
pturesr adi
atedanaur at hatwasstr
ongerthantheDemon
Pri
nceFrober
o's.

Meanwhi
le,
thesest
atuesnumber
edi
nthet
ensoft
housands.

Mor eover
,thedozenorsoicescul
ptur
esatt hecavern'
scenterradi
atedanaurathatwasmuch
strongert
hant hatoft
heot
hericesculptur
es.Despit
estandingsofaraway ,Li
fel
essThornst
il
l
fel
taweandf earinhi
sheartwhenhel ookedatthesestatues.Hedar ednotapproachanyof
them.

Att
hismoment
,letal
oneLi
fel
essThor
n,ev
enShiFengwasast
oundedbyt
hisscene.

ShiFenghadamuchcl
ear
eri
deat
hanLi
fel
essThor
ndi
dofwhatki
ndofexi
stencet
hosecent
ral
i
cesculpt
ureswer
e.

I
ndeed!

Thosedozenorsoicescul
ptur
eswer
ebonaf
ideTi
er6Gods.Hehadev
enr
eadaboutaf
ewof
them i
nli
brar
ies.
From thesceneinthecavern,hecoul
dtel
lthattheseGodsandpeopl
eofvar
iousraceshadbeen
goingupagai nstsomething.Only,t
heendr esultwasthatev
eryoneofthem gotfrozeni
nto
eternali
cesculpt
ures.

Whatt
hehel
lhappenedher
e?

ShiFengwasgr eatlypuzzledashel ookedatt hishorri

fi
cscene.Tier6Godswereexist
ences
thatstoodatt heapexofGod' sDomai n.A f
orceofov eradozenGodscoul ddevast
atethe
conti
nent.Itwouldn'tbeanexagger at
iontosayt hatsuchaforcecouldevensweept
hroughthe
DarkAby ss.I
nf act,evenifalloftheTier6God- rankedexper
tsthatexi
stedinhi
sprevi
ousli
fe
j
oinedhands, t
heycoul djustbarel
ymanaget ocont endwithaf
orceofadozenorsoTier6Gods.

Yet
,theseTi
er6Godshadact
ual
lybeenki
ll
ed-
anni
hil
atedi
nasi
ngl
emov
e,byt
hel
ooksofi
t.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2765–GodSl
ayer
’sLegacy

Af
terabr
iefsi
lencei
nsi
det
hecav
e,adeep,
emot
ionalv
oiceent
eredShiFeng'
sear
s.

"Youhadbestnotaskort
hinkaboutwhathappenedi
nthepastandwhatcausedthedeat
hsof
somanyoft hewor l
d'
spowerfulpeopl
eandev enGods.Youalsomustnotl ookint
othese
matter
s.

"The consequences ofdoing so ar

e notsomethi
ng even heaven-
blessed i
ndivi
dual
sli
ke
your
selvescanbear.Youmi ghtevenl
oseyourmindsasar esul
t,
"theol
dmanwar nedwhenhe
sawthecur i
osit
yonthefacesofShiFengandtheot
hers.

Althought
heol
dman'sv oi
cedidnotcarr
yanyment
ali
nfl
uenceorcoer
cion,t
hecer
tai
ntyi
nhi
s
tonemadeShiFengshudderi
nvol
untar
il
y.

Asf orLi f
elessThorn,Soli
tar
yNine,YanYa,andCl eansi
ngWhist
le,alt
houghtheyreact
ed
fearful
lytotheol dman'swarni
ng,thecur
iosi
tyonthei
rfaceswasclearf
orallt
osee.Itwas
evidentthattheydidnott
aketheol
dman'swordsser
iousl
y.

Af
teral
l,
thi
swasamat
terr
elat
edt
oGods.

Pl
ayer
swhower enewt oGod'sDomaint r
eat
edthewor d"God"asmer el
yanoun.Atbest,Gods
wereat ypeofpower f
ulmonst ertothem.Howev er
,thosewhot rul
yv entur
edaroundGod's
Domainandstudiedthehist
ori
calmateri
alsi
ntheli
brar
iesofthevari
ouskingdomsandempires
woul
dr eali
zethatGodswer en'
tjustpowerf
ulexi
stences.Simul
taneously
,theyr
epresent
eda
ki
ndofextreme,aroadleadi
ngtothetopofGod'sDomain.

Hence,
any
thi
ngr
elat
edt
oGodsr
epr
esent
edamassi
veoppor
tuni
tyf
orpl
ayer
s.

Thiswasespeciall
yt rueforTier3pl ayersli
ket hemselves.Theywerequi teawarethatthey
couldnolongeradvanceont heirown.Iftheywishedtogett othenextl
evel,theywouldhaveto
fol
low int he f
ootsteps oft heirpredecessors.Meanwhi le,the f
ootsteps ofGods wer e
undoubtedl
ythebestt ofoll
ow." Noneofy oushoul dl
ookdeeperi ntothismat t
er,atl
eastnot
now,"ShiFengsuddenlysaidtoLifel
essThornandt heothers.

Heknewv erywel
lhowatt
ract
iveGodsweretoTier3expert
s.Theywoul
dn'
thesi
tat
etol
ooki
nto
mat
tersrelat
edtoGods,evenift
heriskswerebig.Af
terall
,ther
oadtopromoti
onwassi
mply
t
oodiff
icul
t.

Normally,pl
ayer
scould al
readyimpr
ove si
gni
fi
cant
lywi
tht
he r
uinsl
eftbehi
nd byTi
er5
exi
stences,l
etal
onet
hoseofTier6Gods.
Howev er
,thedi sappear
anceofsomepeakexper tsandapexexpertsfrom bot
hthegamewor l
d
andther ealwor l
dmostl i
kel
yhadsomet hingtodowi thTier6Gods.Any onewhotri
edt oget
i
nv ol
vedwi thTier6GodsasTi er3andTi er4pl ayer
swoul ddi
ebef oreachi
evi
nganythi
ng.If
theywerel ucky,theywouldhavethei
raccountsdestroyedandneedt ostartal
loveragain.I
f
theywereunl ucky,t
heymightdi
sappearl
ikethoseexpert
sinthepast.

UponhearingShiFeng'
swords,Li
fel
essThor
nandt heot
herseyedhi
m curi
ousl
y.Theynev
er
thoughtt
hatShiFengwoul
dacti
vel
ystopt
hem fr
om l
ooki
ngint
othismat
ter
.

"I
tseemsy ouknowy ourl
imi
ts,kid,
"theoldmansai d,gazingatShiFengwithwarm appr
oval.
"That
'sr
ight.Onl
ypeoplewhoknowt heli
mit
softheirstrengthandabil
it
iescanl
ivel
onglives.
Evenyouheaven-bl
essedi
ndi
vidualsarenoexcept
ion."

Att
heol
dman'
swor
ds,
Lif
elessThor
nandt
heot
her
spr
ompt
lyawakenedf
rom t
hei
rgr
eed.

"Thanks,Commander
.Inev ert
houghtIwoul
dgetseducedbyt
hebenef
it
sinf
rontofme,
"
Lif
elessThor
nsai
dingrat
it
ude,ahi
ntoff
eari
nhisv
oice.

God'sDomainhadalwaysemphasizedbalance.Allgainscamewi thlosses.I
fonetr
iedtosecure
anopportuni
tydespit
elackingt
henecessarystr
engt h,theywouldonlywi ndupdead.Curr
entl
y,
theyhadn'
tevenreachedTier4,
yettheywereactuall
yt hinki
ngoflookingint
othesecret
sofTier
6.Thatwassimplysuici
de.

"Thatisnor mal.Af t
eral
l,notmanypeopl einGod'
sDomai ncanremaincal
m whenf acedwith
mat t
ersr el
atedt oGods,"ShiFengsaid,shakinghishead.Ifnotforhi
m havi
ngaweal t
hof
experienceadv entur
ingi
nGod' sDomain,hewouldn'
thavefar
edanybettert
hanLif
elessThorn.
Infact,hemi ght'
vereact
edev enmorecrazil
y.

I
nt hecurr
enter
awheretheGodshadwithdrawnf
rom t
heworl
d,ev
ent
hev
ari
oussuper
powers
wouldgo nutsoveracluer el
atedt
o Tier6Gods.Infact
,evenTi
er5NPCswouldf i
ght
desper
atel
ytosecur
ethi
sclue.

"Al
ri
ght,that'
senoughtal
king.
"Aft
erseei
ngthatShiFengandtheot hershadcalmeddown,the
oldmanbeckonedt othem andsaid,"
Comeher e.Nextupist hemomenty ouhaveallbeen
wait
ingfor.Iti
salsot
hefinalweal
thandtr
easur
ethatpersonl
eftbehindforyouheav
en-bl
essed
i
ndivi
duals."

At
reasur
elef
tbehi
ndbyt
heGodSl
ayer
?ShiFenggr
ewal
it
tl
eexci
tedatt
heol
dman'
swor
ds.

TheGodSl ayerwasamy t
hicalfi
gur einGod'sDomain.Althoughitwasn' tcer
tainwhet herthe
GodSlayerhadbecomeaGodornot ,i
twascer t
aint
hathewasbor nahuman.Meanwhi l
e,the
GodSlay
erwasanexi stencethatev enGodsf ear
ed.I
nf act
,thenumberofGodst heGodSl ayer
hadsl
ainexceededten.Howev er,forreasonsunknown,theGodSl ayerhadsuddenl yvanished
i
ntoGod'
sDomai n'
shist
or y
,leavi
ngbehi ndonlyafewcluespertai
ningt ohi
sexistence.

Nor mally,t
heseclueswereacqui
redf r
om ancientrui
ns.Itwasalmostimpossibl
etof
indany
recordsoft heGodSlayeri
nthevariouskingdoms'andempires'
li
brar
ies,asift
heGodSlay
er'
s
existencehadbeenwi pedoutbyhistor
y.Futuregener
ati
onscouldn'
tlookint
otheGodSlay
er'
s
existence,eveni
ftheywant
edto.

Howev er,t
herewerealotofnegati
vecomment
sabouttheGodSlayer
.Somepeoplesai
dthat
theGodSl ayerwasagreatsi
nnerofGod'
sDomai
n,andother
ssai
dthattheGodSl
ayerwasthe
culpr
itbehindtheTwi
li
ghtoft
heGods.

Short
lyaft
erward,t
heoldmanl edShiFeng'
sgr
oupoff
ivet
othecav
ern'
scent
er,wher
ethe
dozenorsofrozenGodsst
ood.

Uponar r
ivingthere,ShiFengandt heother
snoti
cedaspace-t
imecrackther
e,assmal
lasa
fi
ngernai
l,undetectabl
efrom adi
stance.Onl
yaf
termov
ingwithi
n30yardsofthecr
ackdi
dthey
barel
ynoticeit
.

Di
rect
lyunder neaththi
sspace-
ti
mecr ackwasanincomparabl
ycompl i
catedmagi
carray
.Itwas
socomplicatedt hatevenShiFeng,whowasanAdv ancedMagi ci
an,fel
tdi
zzyaft
erjustone
gl
anceatit.Needl esst
osay,hecoul
dn'tev
enbegi
nt odeci
pherit
.
"
Thi
sisthet
reasure?"Soli
tar
yNinewasst
unnedwhenhesawt
hist
inyspace-
ti
mecr
ack.Fora
moment
,heevenfeltthatt
heoldmanhaddupedt
hem.

Whatpossi
bleusecoul
dtheyhav
eforaf
inger
nai
l-
sizedspace-
ti
mecr
ack?

Ev
eni
fthi
sspace-
ti
mecr
ackl
edt
osomewher
e,wi
thhowsmal
litwas,
play
erscoul
dn'
tent
eri
t.

"That
'sright
.Thisisthetr
easur
e,"theoldmansai d,chuckl
ing."
Youmi ghtt
hinkthatsucha
smallspace-t
imecracki
snobigdeal,butwhati
fIsaythati
tconnectst
othepast?""
Connectst
o
thepast?"Sol
itar
yNinewasagai
nstunned.

Crossi
ngti
meli
neswassi
mpl
yimpossi
ble.I
tshoul
dst
il
lbei
mpossi
bleev
eni
nav
irt
ualr
eal
it
y
gamelikeGod'
sDomai
n.

"
EsteemedElder,areyouper
hapssay i
ngthatthi
sspace-
ti
mecr
ackcanal
lowustotravelt
oan
Other
worl
d?"Lif
elessThornasked,t
hinki
ngthattheol
dmandi
dnotunder
standwhatthewords
"
connect
stothepast "meant
.

Infact
,evenShiFengsuspect
edt hatwhattheol dmantr ul
ymeantwasthatt
hespace-ti
me
crackal
lowedpeopl
etotrav
elt
oadi ff
erentspace.Af
teral
l,ther
ewer
eplent
yoffor
eignspaces
andOtherwor
ldsinGod'
sDomain.

"No,i
tisreall
yl i
nkedtothepast.I
tisn'tl
inkedtoanOt herworl
doradi f
ferentspace,"t
heol d
maninsi
sted,shakinghishead.HecouldtellwhatShiFengandtheother
swer ethinki
ng,andhe
saidi
nadet erminedtone,"Iknow y
oudon' tbeli
eveme.Ther eisnowayy oucanbel i
eveme,
eit
her
.Afterall,ti
met r
avelissomethi
ngev enAncientGodsareincapableofaccompl ishi
ng.
However,
itistr
ue.

"
Mor
eov
er,
thi
sspace-
ti
mecr
acki
sconnect
edt
otheanci
enter
aofGod'
sDomai
n!"

Theol
dman'
swor
dsdumbf
oundedev
ery
onepr
esent
.

Connect
edtotheanci
enteraofGod'sDomain?ShiFengfel
thi
sworl
dvi
ewcr
umbl
ing,shocked
beyondwor
ds.Coul
dthisbetheEar
thfal
lSecr
etLand'
str
uesecr
et?

TheancienteraofGod'sDomai nwasaner aofwonders.Var i

oussuper-civi
li
zat
ionswer e
i
ntert
winedduri
ngthi
ser awhenGodsstil
lroamedtheworld.Andbecauset heTwi l
ightofthe
Godshady ett
ooccur,t
hewor l
dofGod'sDomainwasincr
edi bl
yri
chinresources.Thepresent
eraofGod'
sDomaincouldn'
tholdacandl
etotheanci
enter
ai nthi
sregar
d.

"Iwon' tsayany thi

ngmor e.Sincethisisy ourf i
rstt i
me,y oucanent eritwi t
houtanycost.
Howev er ,youcanonl yspendal i
mi t
edamountoft i
mei nsi
de.Mor eov er,thestrongeryou
becomeandt hegreateryourimpactdur i
ngt heancienter a,theeasieritwillbeforthewor l
dto
noticey ourpresence.Ifthathappens,thewor ldwillrejectyourexistenceandexpely ou.What
youcanobt ai
nduringt heancienterawillalldependony ourownabi l
iti
es,"theoldmansai d
slowly."Howev er
,Ihav etowarny outhattheancienter aisnott heparadisey ouimagineitt
obe!
Youwi lldieapermanentdeat hifyouaren'tcaref
ul!
"

BeforeShiFengandhi scompanionscoul
daskanyquesti
ons,theoldmanwav edhi
shand.
Immediatel
y,ShiFengandtheotherf
ourtr
ansfor
medi
ntost
reaksofli
ghtt
hatpl
ungedint
othe
space-t
imecrack,di
sappear
ingf
rom t
hecaver
n.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

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p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
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ers.

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Chapt
er2766–Anci
entEr
a

I
nav al
leyami
dsomelof
tymount
ains,at
eam ofnearly5,000peopl
efr
ant
ical
lyf
oughtagroup
ofDemons.Thebat
tl
efi
eldwascrazedandspectacularandlookedj
ustli
keabat t
lef
iel
din
anci
entt
imes.

Bothsidessuff
eredseverecasual
ties,thei
rbl
oodstai
ningt
heval
leyr
ed.Thesmellofblood
carr
iedfortensofthousandsofy ards;eventhosei
nuredt
obatt
lewoul
df i
ndthi
ssituati
on
uncomfort
ableandunbear
able.

Howev
er,
nei
thersi
deshowedanyi
ntent
ionofst
oppi
ng,
bot
hpr
epar
edt
ofi
ghtt
othebi
tt
erend.

Ofthet
woarmi
esbat
teri
ngeachother
,theDemonar
mywasl
edbyaLev
el135,Ti
er4Gr
eat
Demon,
whi
leawomanledthehumanarmy.

Thewomani nquest i
onpossessedgol denhai
randcr i
msoney es.Shewiel
dedasi l
versacr ed
swordandwascl adinakni ght
'sbluesacredarmor.Ast hewomancont endedagainstsever al
dozenLev
el130-plus,Ti
er3Demons, herHPcont i
nuousl
ydecr eased.However
,despi
tebeingat
acomplet
edisadvantage,t
hemor eshef ought
,thebri
ghtertheglowhersacredswordradiated.
Thepowersheexhibit
edalsokeptincreasi
ng.

"Dammit!You'r
eactual
lyusi
ngtheAriaofHol
yBl ood?!Don'
teventhinkIwil
llety
oufini
shi
t!
"
TheTier4Gr eatDemon'sexpr
essi
ont ur
nedsolemnwhenhesaw t heglowi
ngsacredswor
d.
I
mmedi atel
y,hespr
eadouthisf
ourwingsandfl
ewt owardthecr
imson-eyedwoman.

"
Ev er
yone,pr
otectt
heCommander!Donotl
etthatGr
eatDemonappr
oachtheCommander
!"a
t
allmanshoutedbefor
erushi
ngatt
heGr
eatDemonwithhi
sgol
denshi
eldr
aised.

Subsequent
ly,
severaldozenothermel
eecl
assesnearbyal
sochar
gedatt
heGr
eatDemon,
allof
them i
gnori
ngthefactthatt
heyweremerel
yatTier2.

"
Scr
am!
"

Seei
ngt hecr
owdchargi
ngathim,t
heDemonCommanderpul
ledouthi
scr
imsongr
eat
swor
d
andslashedt
hespacei
nfront
.

Overahundr
edcr
imsonbeamsshotfor
th,t
eari
ngapartspaceastheyadv
anced.Thepowert
hey
car
riedsi
mpl
ywasn'
tsomethi
ngevenTier3exi
stencescoul
ddream ofwi
thst
andi
ng.

Boom!

Thenextmoment,t
heseveraldozenTi
er2meleecl
asseswer
einst
ant
lyv
apor
ized,whi
let
he
shi
eld-
bear
ingmanwassentsmashingi
ntot
hemount
ain.

"
Dammi
t!I
'
llki
lly
ou!
"

Whenamanst andingnear
bysaw t
hisscene,hi
sey
est
urnedbl
oodshot
,andhepr
ompt
ly
char
gedatt
heGreatDemonwit
hhi
sswordrai
sed.

Howev
er,
befor
ethi
smancouldevengetneart
heGr
eatDemon,
thel
ong-
rangeSpel
lsofsev
eral
Ti
er3Demonshadal
readyki
ll
edhi
m.

Inthemeant i
me,bloodhadalreadydy edthebodyofthecr
imson-
eyedwomanfight
ingsever
al
dozenTier3Demons.Hercompl exionwasalsodeat
hlypal
e.However
,despi
tet
hest at
eofher
body,hergazeremainedi
ndescribablyfi
rm.

"Bepuni
shed,Demons!
"thecr
imson-
eyedf
emal
ekni
ghtbel
lowedassher
aisedhersacr
ed
swor
d.

Thesacr edswor drel

easedabeam ofl i
ghtt hatshott otheski es.Count l
essst r
eaksofl i
ghtthen
rai
neddownont hev all
eyli
keshoot i
ngst ars,andt heDemonsst ruckbyt heseshoot i
ngstars
i
mmedi at el
yfelli
ntoaheav i
lyinj
uredstate.Thesituat i
onont hebattlefiel
dreversedinthebl i
nk
ofaney e."Kil
l!WecannotlettheseDemonst akeev enast epi ntohumant erri
tory!
"thecrimson-
eyedkni ghtshouted,herpal ecomplexionshowi ngnosi gnsoff atigue.Shet henr ai
sedher
sacredswor dandchar gedattheDemonswhower est il
lfi
ghting

Thefemal
eknight
'swor
dsst
imul
atedt
hesur
viv
inghumans.Theybeganmadl
yfi
ght
ingagai
nst
theDemons.
However
,aft
erafew exchanges,thehumanspr
esentwer
edumbf
ounded,st
ari
ngatadi
stant
pi
leofDemoncor
psesindisbeli
ef.

Thenextmoment ,t
heGr eatDemonCommander ,whowasov eradozenmet erstal
l,emerged
fr
om thi
spil
eofcorpses,ahintofmockeryandcont emptonhisface."
TheAriaofHolyBloodi s
i
ndeedpower f
ul.Andf oryout osti
llbealiv
eaf terusingthi
sdesper at
emov e,yourment al
wil
lpoweri
strul
yastoni
shing.I'
m cer
tai
ny oucanrankamongt hetopTier4powerhouses,
"the
GreatDemonsaidashel ookedatthecri
mson- ey
edkni ght
.Het henaskedmockingl
y,"Butcan
youuseitasecondti
me? "

Att
hisGr
eatDemon'
swor
ds,
thecompl
exi
onsoft
hesur
viv
inghumansi
nst
ant
lyt
urnedashen.

Thi
swast
heAr
iaofHol
yBl
oodt
heywer
etal
kingabout
!

Thiswast heSacr edSwor dBloodMoon'sUniqueSpel l

.Mostpeoplewoul dbeablet ouseitonly
oncebef oredepar t
ingforthenetherworl
d.Thiswasbecauset heconsequentpai noft hebody
andmi ndwasnotsomet hi
ngor di
narypeopl
ecouldbear .However,inret
urnforthesteeppr i
ce,
oncet heAriaofHol yBloodwascast ,i
texertedastonishi
ngpower .Ev
enaGr eatDemonwoul d
sustai
nheav yinjur
iesandl osehalfoftheirHPaf tergetti
ngstruckbyt hi
smov e.Mor eov
er,
withoutrestorat
ionitemssuchast heWaterofLif
e,itwouldbei mpossiblet
or ecoverfrom the
att
ack.

Yet
,now…

Needl
esstosay
,itwoul
dbeimpossi
blef
orthef
emalekni
ghtt
ouseAri
aoftheHolyBloodagai
n.
However
,wit
hthehumans'
curr
entcombatpower,
theywer
enomatchf
ortheGreatDemon.

Af
terall
,theGreatDemonbef or
et hem wasabonaf i
deDemonMar
qui
s.Thepur
it
yofhi
s
Bl
oodl
inewasfarsuper
iort
othatofordi
naryGr
eatDemons.

"Si
ncey ounolongerhav
eanyothermovestomake,i
t'
smyt ur
nnow."Whent heGr
eatDemon
sawt hesil
enthumansbefor
ehi
m,anindescr
ibabl
yexci
tedandjoy
fulexpr
essi
onappear
edon
hisface.

"
Don'
tev
ent
hinkabouti
t!
"

Thefemal
ekni
ghtsuddenl
yappear
edabov
etheGr
eatDemon'
sheadandbr
andi
shedhersacr
ed
swor
d.

Thr
eephant
om swor
dsappear
edi
nthesky
,thesi
ghtst
unni
ngev
ery
onepr
esent
.

"
Thi
sis…t
heSwor
dSai
ntLor
dLockes'
sper
sonalt
echni
que,
SkyCl
eav
er!
"

"
TheCommanderact
ual
lymast
eredi
t?"

Whenthesurvivi
nghumanssaw t het
hreephant
om swor
dsi
nthesky
,al
ookofaweand
admi
rat
ionappearedont
hei
rfaces.

"
You'real
readyonyourlastbreath,yetyou'
restil
lputt
ingupsuchboringr
esist
ance?
"Whent he
GreatDemonsawt hethreephant om swords,hedidnotrevealanyaweorfearwhatsoev
er.On
t
hecontrary,
henonchalant
lybrandishedhisgreatswor
d.

Boom!

Thegreat
swor
dandt hr
eephant
om swor
dscol
li
ded,t
her
esul
ti
ngshockwav
esentbot
hhumans
andDemonsstumbl
ingbackwar
d.

Lar
gecr
acksfor
medont hegr
oundtheGreatDemonstoodon,andthegr
eat
swor
dtheGr
eat
Demonwi
eldedl
etoutal
owhum.TheGreatDemon'
sar
mswer eal
sotr
embli
ng.

Uponseei
ngt
hisscene,
thehumansf
eltbot
hencour
agedandexci
ted.

Sur
eenough,
aSwor
dSai
nt'
sper
sonalt
echni
quewast
rul
yext
raor
dinar
y!
Howev er,amomentlater,ever
yone'
sjoyturnedint
odespairbecausethecrimson-
eyedkni
ght
hadn'tfar
edtoowell
,ei
ther.Notonl
ywashercompl exi
onpaler
,butevenherpupil
shadbegunto
fade.Itwasevi
dentt
hatshewasonherl astbreat
h;shecoul
dnol ongerf
ight
.

"Hahaha!Amazing!Amazi
ng!Thisisthefir
sttimeI ,NemenCar l
o,haveseenapower
fulTi
er4
humanl ikeyou!"TheGreatDemonbur stoutl aughingashel ookedatt hef
emal
eknight
.
"However,i
tal
lendsher
e.Befor
ey oudie,
Iwilldragy oualldownt
ohellfi
rst
!"

Af
tersay
ingso,
NemenCar
lobeganchant
ingt
hei
ncant
ati
onf
ort
heTi
er4Spel
lHel
l'
sGat
e.

Suddenl
y,theskydar kened.Ahugedoordecoratedwi
thskul
lsappeared,t
heblood-r
edglow
fr
om theskul
ls'eyesocketsandtheagoni
zingscr
eamscomingfr
om thedoorseemingl
ytel
li
ng
ever
yonethatthei
rdestinywasaboutt
oend.

Evenifthehumanspr
esentwi
shedt oint
err
uptNemenCar
lo'
sSpel
l,t
heycoul
dn'
tdoso,ast
he
surv
ivi
ngDemonsweredoingt
heirbesttost
opthem.

Howev er
,justastheformati
onoft heHell
'sGat
ewasaboutt ocul
minate,aspati
altearov era
thousandy ar
dslongsuddenlyspl
itthesky.Theresult
ingspati
alst
orm notonlydisruptedthe
Manai nt heskybutev enshatt
eredthemagi carraysummoni ngtheHell'
sGate.Af terward,
severalf
iguresfel
loutofthespatialtearandcrashedontothebattl
efi
eldinthev all
ey,their
l
andingsendingcloudsofdusti
ntotheair.

"So,t
hisi
st heanci
enter
a?"Themanstandi
ngi
nthel
eadoft
hegr
oupmut
ter
edi
namazement
asheglancedattheworl
daroundhi
m.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

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p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
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boar
dkey
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Chapt
er2767–YouChoset
heWr
ongOpponent

Atthesuddenappear
anceofShiFeng'
sgroupoffive,thewhol
ebatt
lef
iel
dimmediatel
ywent
si
lent
.ThehumansandDemonsallstar
edatShiFeng'sgroupwi
thl
ooksofsur
pri
se,confusi
on,
oranger
.

"
Whoar
ethey
?"

"
Theycameoutofthatl
argespat
ialt
ear
,sot
heyshoul
dn'
tbeor
dinar
yexi
stences.May
bet
hey
're
Guar
diansf
rom t
heHolyCit
y?"

"
Howev er
,thei
raur
asseem weak.Thosepeopl
earealsoonl
yatTier3.Theyshouldn'
tbet he
Hol
yCi ty
'sGuardi
ans.Mor
eover,judgi
ng bythei
rlooks,t
heyseem to be heav
en-blessed
i
ndi
vidual
s."

Thehumansbeganahusheddi scussi
onamongt hemselv
esastheyscr
uti
nizedShiFeng'
sgr oup.
I
niti
all
y,theyhadheldhopet
hatShiFeng'sgroupcouldsav
ethem.Howev er,af
ternoti
cingthe
fi
veplayers'
auras,
theyi
mmediatel
yfelli
ntodespai
r.

Thecri
mson-eyedknightpeer
edatShiFeng'
sgr
oupwithherbl
urr
ysight
.Itwasev
identt
hatshe,
too,
fel
tsur
prisedandpuzzledbyt
hesuddenappear
anceofShiFeng'
sgroup.

"Humanit
y'
sheaven-
blessedi
ndi
viduals?"Whent heGr
eatDemonNemenCar
losaw ShiFeng'
s
group,
he,too,
wasshocked."
Howi sthispossi
ble?!
"

NemenCar l
owasn'tpart
icularl
ysurprisedt
oseemor eheaven-
blessedindiv
idualsoft
hehuman
raceappearinginthisplace.Whatshockedhi m wasthespatialcrackthatthesehumanshad
arri
vedthrough.Thatmassiv espati
alcrackhadcar
ri
edanext r
aordinar
yamountofpower ;ev
en
hewoul dlosehisl i
feifheacci dentall
ycameintocontactwithit.Yet,ShiFeng'sgrouphad
actual
lycomeoutofi tdi
rectly.
ComparedtothehumansandDemonsor i
ginal
lyf
ight
ingonthi
sbat
tl
efi
eld,howev
er,t
heones
mostsurpr
isedbyt
hepresentsi
tuat
ionwer
eShiFeng'sfi
ve.

How i
sthi
spossibl
e?ShiFeng'
shear
tsurgedwi
thshockashelookedatagr
oupofpeopl
e
st
andi
ngamongthehumanarmy.Whyaret
hereot
herpl
ayer
sher
e?

Asidefrom themanyNPCs,thehumanar myal sohadquiteanumberofpl ayer

s.Moreover ,t
he
averagelevelofthesepl
ayerswasincredi
blyhigh;event hel
owest-
level
edamongt hem was
Level128,whi l
esomehadevensur
passedLev el130.ShiFengwascertai
nthathehadar r
ivedin
theancienter aofGod'sDomain.Afterall
,t heenvir
onmentheresi mplycouldn'
tbef ound
anywhereint hemoder
nGod'sDomain.

TheManai nt hi
slandwassoabundantt hati
twascl oset
ocondensingi
ntoaliqui
dstate.He
couldev
encl ear
lyfeelthemagicelementsintheair.Li
kespr
it
es,someofthemagi cel
ements
werecheer
fulandl ivel
y,somewer ecoldandl onel
y,somewerehotandangry,etc.Hecould
senseal
lofthiswithexcepti
onalcl
ari
ty.

Moreover
,theNPCsonthi
sbatt
lef
iel
dworesigni
fi
cant
lydi
ff
erentgearcompar
edt
otheNPCsof
modernti
mes.Thei
rweaponsandequipmentwer
eofmuchhigherquali
ty.

I
nthemoder nGod'
sDomai n,NPCsweremainl
ygearedwi
thEpi
cWeaponsandEquipment
;ver
y
f
ew possessed Fr
agmented Legendar
yit
ems.Afterall
,Fr
agment
ed Legendar
yitemswere
i
ncr
edibl
yrareandpreci
ousev ent
oNPCs.

Howev er
,thatwasf arfr
om thecasefortheNPCsher e.EveryNPChadatl eastoneortwo
Fragmented Legendar
yitems.The female kni
ghtl
eading the human ar
mywasev en f
ully
equipped i
n Fragmented Legendar
yitems.The swor d she wiel
ded was al
so a t
op-
tier
FragmentedLegendaryWeapon.

Mor
eov
er,
whatwasev
enmor
eincr
edi
blewast
hatShiFenghadf
oundsomeoneher
ecogni
zed.

Thisper
sonwasnoneot herthanYuLuo,acapt ai
noft heHeav
en'
sBladeadventur
erteam,
basedonDragonhear
tIsl
and.Only
,unl
iketheYuLuohehadmetonDragonhear
tIsl
and,theone
hewaslooki
ngatnowwasl ikeacomplet
elydi
ff
erentper
son.

Pr
esently,
notonlyhadYuLuor eachedLevel129alr
eady
,butsheev
ensport
edanEpi
cStaffand
aful
lsuitofEpicEqui
pment.AlthoughherEpicEqui
pmentwasn'
taset
,herequi
pmentst
andard
wassti
llri
dicul
ousl
yexcel
lent
.

Unli
kethelastti
meShiFengmetYuLuo, t
hough,t
heCler
icl
ookedmuchmor
ehaggar
d.Shedi
d
notpossesstheaur
aandspir
itofapeakexper
tatall
.

"
Gui
ldLeaderBl
ackFl
ame?
!"

Meanwhile,att histime,YuLuo,whost oodami dthehumanar my ,al

sonot icedthefiv
enew
arri
val
sont hebat t
lefi
eld.Andwhenshesaw t hatt
hemanl eadingthi
sgr oupwasnoneot her
thanZeroWi ng'sGui l
dLeader,BlackFlame,heror i
ginal
lydi
spirit
edexpressi onimmediat
ely
becameener geti
c." Doy ouknow them,YuLuo? "t
hef emal
eOr aclestandingbesideYuLuo
askedcuriouslyuponseei ngthel
atter'
sreact
ion.ThefemaleOraclewasaLev el131pl
ayerclad
i
nawhi tedress, wear i
ngawhitepr
iest'
shat.

"
Yes.Mor
eov
er,
he'
smyf
ell
owcount
ryman,
"YuLuosai
d,noddi
ngexci
tedl
y.

"Fell
owcount ryman?"Thef emaleOraclescr
uti
nizedShiFeng'sgroup.Shesoonnot i
cedthatthe
averagel evelofShiFeng'sgr oupwasqui t
elow,andt heirappearancesindeedresembledYu
Luo'sal ot.Par
ti
cular
ly,thefeeli
ngofincompati
bil
it
yShiFeng'sgrouphadwi ththeotherpl
ayers
i
nGod' sDomai nwasexact lythesameasYuLuo.Thef emaleOraclethenshookherheadand
said,"Whatapi t
y.Hisluckistrul
ypoor.Heactuall
ygottelepor
tedtothispl
ace."

Uponheari
ngthef
emal
eOr
acl
e'
swor
ds,YuLuor
emember
edt
hesi
tuat
iont
heywer
ein,andher
hear
tgrewcol
d.

Thej
oyonherf
acepr
ompt
lydi
sappear
ed.
Thedeat hpenalt
yi ntheGod'sDomai ntheywerecurrentl
yinwasdi ff
erentfrom theGod's
Domai nontheotherside.Play
er swouldnotonlylosetwoormor elev
elsupondeat hbutalso
fal
lintoament al
lyweakenedst ate.Dependi
ngont heseveri
tyofthesit
uation,pl
ayersmight
evenlosesomeoft hei
rmemor ies.Andworse,theuseofResurr
ect
ionSpell
scouldonlymit
igate
thelossofEXPandnotr est
orethel ostmemori
es.

Mor
eover,ev
enwhenresur
rect
edusingaResurr
ect
ionSpel
l,pl
ayer
swoul
dn'
tber
esur
rect
edon
t
hespotbutinsi
det
heLi
feTempleofarandom Mai
nCit
yrunbyhumans.

Ofcourse,i
fpl
ayer
shadregi
ster
edthemsel
veswi
thaMai
nCi
ty,t
heycoul
dgetr
esur
rect
edi
n
t
heLifeTempleofafi
xedMai
nCity.

However,ShiFeng'sgrouphadj ustarr
ivedinthi
swor l
d.Theydef i
nit
elyhadn' tregi
ster
ed
t
hemselveswi t
haMai nCityyet
.Iftheydied,t
heywoul
dgetresur
rect
edatar andom MainCity.
Meanwhile,agr eatdi
stanceseparated theMainCit
iesrunbyhumans- and therewereno
t
elepor
tationar
raysint
heseciti
es.

Inotherwords,solongasShiFeng'sgr
oupdi
ed,
YuLuowasunli
kel
ytomeethim agai
n.Afterall
,
humanshadmanyMai nCit
ies,ev
eninthi
sworl
d.Justt
heonessheknew al
readynumber ed
over500.Asf orthepossibi
lit
yofShiFeng'
sgr
oupcomingoutal
ivef
rom t
hisbattl
efi
eld,that
wassi mpl
yimpossi bl
e.

Intheor
iginalGod'
sDomain,agroupofTier3pl
ayerscoul
dst
il
lputupafi
ghtagai
nstaTi
er4
GreatDemon.Howev er,inthi
swor l
d,l
etaloneputti
ngupaf i
ght,Ti
er3player
swouldbe
consi
deredcapablei
ftheycoul
descapewi
t ht
hei
rli
ves.

Thereasonforthi
swast heincr
edi
blyhi
ghav er
agecombatst andardofthemonst ershere.
Monster
softhecali
berofGreatDemonswouldpossesscombatst andardsr
ival
ingpeakexper
ts.
However,t
he combatsy stem ofmonsters was complet
ely diff
erentfr
om t he Real
ms of
Ref
inementpl
ayersrel
iedon.

I
nSki l
landSpellut
il
izat
ion,monster
ssuchasGr eatDemonscoulddi
splaycombatstandar
dsat
the Spir
it
ual
izat
ion Realm wit
houthav ing t
o exertthemsel
ves.Such monster
s wer e not
opponentsVoidReal
m expertsl
ikehersel
fcoul
dhopet omatch.

Howev er
,befor eYuLuocouldsnapoutofherdaze,theGreatDemonNemenCar lostopped
payingatt
entiontoShiFeng'
sgroupandshi
ft
edhisgazebacktot hecr
imson-
eyedkni
ght.The
GreatDemont henl
ookedatthedozenorsoTier3Demonsar oundhim andcommanded,"Go
getridofthem!"

"
Pleasel
eav
eitt
ous,
Mil
ord!
"

Theheavi
lyinj
uredDemonsnoddedandf lappedtheirwings.Theythenf
lewt owardShiFeng'
s
groupoff
ive,t
heirspeedgr
eat
lysur
passi
ngev enTier3,Agil
it
y-f
ocusedAssassins'
.

"Notgood!ThoseDemonLeader sar ewor ki

ngt ogethertotargetthem! "TheLev
el131f emale
Or aclewasshockedbyt hi
sdevelopment.Shenev erthoughtthatNemenCar l
owoul dhavehis
trustedsubor dinat
esdealwithShiFeng' sgr oup.Al thoughtheseDemonLeader shadbeen
heav il
yinjuredbytheAri
aofHolyBl ood,
indivi
dually,theyweresti
llstrongert
hanTier3expert
s.
Inaddi ti
on,i foveradozenoft hem wor kedt ogether,theycouldf orm ademonicarraythat
greatlyincreasedthei
rcombatpower .

"Bi
gSisCloud,l
et'
sgosavethem qui
ckl
y!"YuLuour
gedanxi
ousl
ywhenshesaw t
heDemon
Leader
star
geti
ngShiFeng'
sgr
oup.

She knew thatShiFeng was i ncr

edi
bly str
ong.Afterall
,he was someone t
he var
ious
superpower
sonDr agonhear
tIsl
andhadlabeledapeer
lessexper
t.Hi
sst
rengthsur
passedeven
thatofDomainRealm monst
ers.

However,notonl
ydidtheDemonsoft hi
swor l
dpossesshighcombatst
andards,butthei
r
demonicarr
aysal
sooper
atedl
ikethehumans'bat
tlear
ray
s.Ev
enapeerl
essexper
twouldfalli
n
thef
aceofsuchagroupofDemons."Di
e,humans!
"
Runessuddenl
yl i
tup allov ert
he Demon Leader
s'bodies.The aur astheyr adi
ated al
so
i
ntensi
fi
edsi
gnif
icant
lyunti
ltheywer
ejustshortofr
ivali
ngordi
naryGr eatDemonsi nter
msof
st
rengt
h.Si
mult
aneously,
theweaponsinthei
rhandsturnedi
ntobri
ll
iantraysofl
ight.

Ti
er3Combi
nat
ionSki
ll
,Sky
flower
'sShadow!

I
mmedi at
ely,count
lessr
edpetalsfel
lfr
om t
hesky,headi
ngt owar
dShiFeng'sgroup.Ev
ery
f
lowerpetaltor
espaceastheyf
lut
ter
eddown,
maki
ngitseem asifni
ghtwasf
all
ing.

"
YouusedagoodSki
ll
;I'
l
lgi
vey
out
hat
.Unf
ort
unat
ely
,youchoset
hewr
ongopponent
!"

ShiFeng snort
ed when he saw the r
ed flowerpetal
s descending towar
d hi
m.He t hen
unsheat
hedtheAbyssalBladeandunl
eashedhisaura.Si
multaneously
,aManaDomai nspread
outfr
om hi
sbody,i
nstant
lycoveri
nga1,
000-yardradi
usandenvelopi
ngt heent
ir
ebatt
lefi
eld.

Thenextmoment
,YuLuosawShiFengexecut
eanupwar
dsl
ashwi
tht
heAby
ssalBl
ade.

Br
onzeCombatTechni
que,
Swor
d'sTr
ansmi
grat
ion!

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2768–Repel
li
ngDemons,
Sacr
edSwor
dBl
oodMoon

AsShiFengswunghisl ongswor
d,i
nnumerabl
edazzli
ngstar
ssuddenlyformedaroundhi
m.
Now t
hathehadr eachedTi er4andhadt heassi
stanceofaManaDomai n,t
hisSword'
s
Tr
ansmigr
ati
onwasmor ethantwi
ceasst
rongaswhenheexecutedi
tatTier3.

Boom!

Thenextmoment
,thedazzli
ngstarsshat
ter
edthedescendi ngf
lowerpetal
sandat t
ackedthe
DemonLeader
s.BeforetheDemonLeaderscouldreact,theywerealr
eadyf l
yi
ngbackov era
hundr
edyar
dsaway,thei
rHPsdecreasi
ngi
nlargechunks.Theyevenhaddiff
icul
tyst
andi
ngup.

"He'
s…st
r ong!HesentsomanyDemonLeadersfly
ingwi
thjustonemov e.Coul
dher
eal
lyhave
beensenther ef
rom t
heHolyCi
ty?
!""
Tier4!Cr
ap!Thi
sauradefi
nit
elybelongst
oaTi
er4class!
He'saTier4Swor dEmper
or!
"

"
Wit
hthatpower
,he'
sapower
houseev
enamongot
herTi
er4cl
asses!
"

Everyone wasmomentari
lyst
unned byt
hisdevel
opment.None ofthem t houghtthatthe
seeminglyordi
nar
yShiFengwouldsendoveradozenDemonLeader sfly
ingi nonemov e.
Moreov er
,hewasevenabonaf
ideTi
er4SwordEmperor
,anexi
stencecapabl
eofr i
val
ingTier4
GreatDemons.

"YuLuo, yourf
ell
owcount r
ymanissost r
ong!Nowondery ouweresoexci t
edtoseehim.Inev er
thoughthewoul dbeaTi er4Swor dEmper or
.Witht
hatkindofstrength,hecandefi
nitelyr
ank
withinthetopfi
ve…ormay beeventopthreeinourci
ty,
"thefemaleOraclenamedCoolingCloud
exclaimedasshel ookedatShiFeng.She,t
oo,hadnotexpectedYuLuo'sacquai
ntancet obeso
power ful
.

ATi
er4pl
ayer
!

Thiswasagoalpl ay
ersli
kehersel
fstruggl
edtowarddesper
atel
y.Unfor
tunat
ely
,theTi
er4
Promot
ionQuestwassimpl
ytoochal
lengi
ng.Heroneat
tempthadfai
led.

I
ntheMainCit
ysheresidedin,t
her
ewer eonlythr
eeknownTier4play
ers.Ev
eryoneoft
hem
wasabi
gshoti
ntheci
ty.Theywereexi
stencesf
arbeyondTi
er3play
ersl
ikeher
sel
f.

Howev
er,att
hismoment
,letal
oneCool
ingCl
oud,ev
enYuLuo,whowasf
ami
li
arwi
thShiFeng,
waswi
de-
eyedi
nshockandi
ncr
edul
it
y.

Ti
er4!

Shehadi mpr ovedalotaf

terar
ri
vingi
nthi
sworld.Howev
er,
Tier4r emainedahuget
hreshol
dto
cross.Unlessshecouldtakeonestepfur
theri
nhercombatstandard,shewoul
dbedoomedt o
hoverforeverinther
anksofTier3.

However,despi
tebei
ngatLevel127,ShiFenghadalr
eadybecomeaTi er4SwordEmper
or.
Moreover,
hehadaccompl
ishedt
hisfeatev
enbef
oreenter
ingt
hisunbel
iev
abl
ewor
ld.

Meanwhil
e,asthehumansweregoggli
ngatShiFengi
nshock,theGreatDemonNemenCar lo
gazedatShiFengwit
hasolemnexpressi
on,asi
fhewaslooki
ngatamonst er
."Whoar eyou?"
NemenCar l
oasked,ahintoffearappeari
nginhi
seyes."A heav
en-bl
essedindi
vidualcan'
t
possi
blywi
eldsuchpower
!"

Aft
erShiFengunl
eashedhisaura,letal
onetheDemonLeader
spresent,ev
enaDemonMar qui
s
l
ikehi
mselffel
tsuppressed.Infact,ev
ent heManafl
owinginsi
dehisbodywassigni
fi
cantl
y
sl
ower.Now,hecoul
dexhibitonl
y60%ofhi snor
malcombatpower,atmost.

Gener
all
y,suppr
essi
ngaTi er4exi
stence'
sst
rengt
hbyev
en10% wasal
readyadi
ff
icul
tfeat
,
whatmore40%.Yet,
ShiFenghaddone

i
t.

"That'
snoneofy ourbusiness.
"ShiFengpaidnoheedt otheGr eatDemon' squesti
on.Instead,he
smiledandsai d,"
Iwillgiveyoutwoopt ionsnow.Thef ir
stisf orustocont i
nuef i
ghtingand
determi nethevict
orthroughli
feanddeath.Thesecondopt ioni sforyout ogetoutofmysi ght
,
togetherwi thy
ourpeople."AssoonasShiFengf inishedspeaki ng,adeathlysi
lencefelloverthe
battl
efield.YuLuoandt heotherpl
ayers,
inparti
cular,gaped,theirwide-openmout hsformingan
O.

"
Ishecr
azy
?"

"
Evenifhe'
saSwor
dEmper
or,NemenCar
lowon'
tspar
ehi
m af
terbei
ngt
hreat
enedi
nsucha
way!
"

"
It
'sov
er!ThatNemenCar
lowi
lldef
ini
tel
ygoal
l-
outagai
nstus!
"

Demonshadal way
sbeenar roganti
nGod'
sDomain.Theydidnotpl
aceothercreat
uresi
nthei
r
eyesatal
l,ev
enwhendeal i
ngwi t
htheDr
agonr
ace.Needlesst
osay,thearr
oganceofaDemon
Marqui
swasev engreat
er.

Ev
ent
hei
rcommander
,Angel
icaTer
esa,
woul
dnotdar
eut
tersuchwor
dst
oNemenCar
lo.

Afteral
l,NemenCar
lowast rulypower
ful
.Hi
sstr
engthwasoutst
andingev
enamongTier4
Demons.Hehadthepotent
ialtobecomeaDemonPri
nce.Ot
her
wise,hewoul
dn'
thav
ebecome
thecommanderofaDemonar my.

Sureenough,aftertheDemonMar qui
sheardShiFeng'swor
ds,NemenCar
lo'
scompl
exi
on
tur
nedindescr
ibabl
yugly
.Si
mult
aneousl
y,ev
eryonef
eltt
heambi
entManagr
owviol
ent
.

Howev
er,
justwhenev
ery
onet
houghtabl
oodybat
tl
ewasaboutt
obegi
n…

"We'r
eleav
ing!"NemenCarl
osaid,hi
smout hpract
ical
lytwi
sti
ng.Aftergiv
ingShiFengonel
ast
glar
e,heturnedaroundwit
hclenchedf i
stsandinstant
lydisappeared,l
eavi
ngbehindonl
ya
groupofDemonsexchangi
ngstunnedlooks."
What?!Heleft
?!"

"
What
'sgoi
ngon?
!"

Ev
ery
onei
nthehumanar
mywasdumbf
oundedatNemenCar
lo'
sdepar
tur
e.

Af
teral
l,evenwit
htheassi
stanceofaTi
er4SwordEmper orl
ikeShiFeng,thei
rar
mywasst
il
lin
di
restr
ait
s.Yet,
NemenCar l
ohadactual
lyl
eftwi
thoutsay
inganotherword.Hebehav
ednot
hing
l
ikeaDemonatal
l.

Angel
icaTeresa,t
hecommanderoftheknightl
egionpr
esent,coul
dn'
thelplookingatShiFeng
st
rangel
y.Shenev ert
houghtt
hatShiFeng'swordswouldcarrysuchgreatdeterr
enceforthe
Demons.

"TheGr
eatDemonsherear
eact
ual
lysosmar
t?"Cl
eansi
ngWhi
stl
ewasal
sosur
pri
sedwhenshe
sawNemenCarl
oleavi
ng.

Sheknew thatShiFengpossessedt heBi

bleofDarkness,whi
chcoul
dbeusednotonl yto
summonDemonsbutal sot
osuppr esshost
il
eDemons.ThiswaswhyShiFengcoul
dpushback
thoseDemonLeader
ssoeasil
y.

Howev
er,
oft
hosepr
esent
,onl
yShiFengknewwhatexact
lyhadhappened.

TheBibleofDar knesshel
dabsolut
econtr
olov erDemons.AlthoughNemenCarl
odidnotknow
ShiFenghel dtheBi bl
eofDarkness,t
heGr eatDemonst i
llpossessedani
nst
inct
ivef
earand
dreadofit.Moreov er
,ShiFenghadrepel
ledov eradozenDemonLeader swi
thasingl
emov e.
Thisaggravat
edt hefeari
nNemenCar l
o.

Demonswereverysmartcreatur
es.Aft
erthefi
rstmajorupdatet
ookpl
ace,Demonswoul
d
al
mostnev
erfi
ghtbat
tl
esthattheywer
enotconf
identofwi
nning.

EvenifNemenCarl
oweresigni
fi
cantl
ystrongerthanShiFengrightnow,thef
earanddr
eadhe
fel
tfort
heBibl
eofDar
knesswoulddeterhi
mf rom casual
lyst
art
ingafight
.

Aftert
heDemonsleftthebat
tl
efiel
d,t
hesurvi
vinghumansallbreathedoutasighofr
eli
ef.They
thenbeganr
eorgani
zingthei
rformati
onandtreati
ngthei
njured.Al ar
genumberofpeoplealso
gather
edbyAngeli
caTeresa'
ssidewithdowncastandunr
econciledexpressi
ons.

Thiswasbecauset hefemal
eknight
'sment
alstateandsoulhadal
readyreachedthebrinkof
coll
apse,despi
teherhavi
ngalotofHPremai
ning.Thi
swasclearev
ent ot
heTi er3indi
vidual
s
present
."Commander!"

"
It
'sallourfaul
t!I
fwewer
en'
tsousel
ess,t
heCommanderwoul
dn'
thav
ehadt
ouset
heAr
iaof
HolyBlood!
"

"
Dammi t
!Someonei nt
hecit
ymust'
veleakedi
nfor
mat
iononouroper
ati
on!Ot
her
wise,Nemen
Car
locouldn'
thav
eledanar
mytosurr
oundus!"

Bot
hNPCsandplay
erspresentexpr
essedsadnesswhentheysaw Angel
ica'
scur
rentst
ate.I
t
wasev
identt
hef
emalekni
ghtwaslovedandrespect
edbyt
hesepeople.

Unl
ikepl
ayer
s,i
twasi
ncr
edi
blydi
ff
icul
tforNPCst
ogetr
esur
rect
ed.

"Bi
gSisCloud,whatshouldwedonow?TheCommanderwon' tlastatthi
srate!
"YuLuosai
d
whil
efrant
icall
ycasti
ngHeali
ngSpellsonAngel
ica.Howev
er,Heal ingSpell
sworkedononl
y
physi
cali
njur
ies.Theyhadnoef
fectondamaget
oone'smentalstateandsoul.

CommanderAngel
icaTer
esawastheonlyhopeforthei
rMai
nCi
ty'
ssurvi
val
.Int
hiswor
ld,both
NPCsandplay
ershaddif
fi
cul
tysur
viv
ingbecausethi
sworl
dwassever
alti
mescruel
ert
hant he
moder
nGod'sDomain.

I
twasal
sobecauseofAngel
icat
hatYuLuohadmanagedt
oli
vewel
lunt
ilt
hisday
.Yet
,now…

"Ther
e'snothi
ngwecando.TheAr i
aofHolyBlood'
sbackl
ashi stoopowerf
ul.Thefactt
hatt he
Commandermanagedt ocastitoncei
salreadyplent
yamazing.Yet,aft
erusingtheSpell
,she
evenusedaTabooSki l
lthatpl
acedahugeburdenont hementalstat
e.Now,evenaTier4Gr eat
Divi
neOf f
ici
alcan'tsaveher,
"Cooli
ngCloudsaidassheshookherhead,agl oomyexpression
appeari
ngonherf ace.

Whil
ethetwoTi er3heal
ers,YuLuoandCooli
ngCl
oud,wer
edoi
ngeverythi
ngtheycoul
dtosave
Angel
ica Teresa,ShiFeng,who watched al
lofthi
sf r
om a di
stance,was fi
ll
ed wi
th an
i
ndescri
bablesenseofshockandsurpr
ise.
"She'
sact
ual
lyAngeli
caTer
esa?"ShiFengcoul
dn'
thel
pdoubt
inghi
sey
esf
oramomentashe
gazedatt
hefrai
lfemal
ekni
ght
.

"What
'st
hemat
ter
,Commander
?"Sol
it
aryNi
neaskedcur
iousl
ywhenhenot
icedShiFeng'
s
sur
pri
se.

InSoli
tar
yNi ne'
sopi
nion,t
her
eshouldn'
tbeany
thi
nginGod'sDomai
ncapabl
eofsurpr
isi
ngShi
Feng.Yet,now,themanactual
lyev
incedsur
pri
sebecauseofanNPC.Thi
swasat r
ulystr
ange
sit
uati
on.

"Hav
ey ounev
ervisi
tedal
ibrar
ytor eadaboutGod'
sDomain'shistor
yduri
ngy
ourfreet
ime?
"Shi
Fengroll
edhi
seyesatSol
itaryNine."SheistheAngel
icaTeresa.Shehol
dsthet
it
leofVal
kyr
ie
andisoneofthet
woFoundingEldersoftheFireDr
agonEmpire!"

"She'
safoundi
ngmemberofoneofthefourancientcount
ri
es?
"Sol
it
aryNi
nedi
dadoubl
e-t
ake
atAngel
icaTer
esawhenhehear
dShiFeng'
swor ds.

Thef ouranci entcountri

esoft hemoder nGod'sDomainwer etheonlyfourhumanempirest
hat
hadexi stedsincet heancientera.Accordingtol
egend,thefoundi
ngemper or
softheseempi
res
possessedi ncredi
blepower .I
nt hecaseoft heFir
eDr agonEmpire,t
hough,alargepar
tofthe
reasoni tsur vi
vedt heancienterawast hecont
ri
buti
onsofi tstwoFoundingElder
s,andeven
Godsf ear edtheset woFoundingElders.

"However,bythelooksofit,sheseemst obedy ing,

"Li
fel
essThornsaidinaquiettone."Maybe
shejusthasthesamename? ""No,sheisdefi
nit
elyt
hatperson,
"ShiFengaffi
rmed."TheSacred
SwordBl oodMooni srankedsi xt
hamongGod' sDomain'
sFamedSwor ds.Iti
ssai dthatt
his
swordoncebel ongedtoAngel i
caTeresa,oneoftheFir
eDragonEmpire'
sFoundingElders.Whil
e
apersoncanhav ethesamename, t
hechancesar el
owthatshewouldwieldthesameweapon. "

God'
sDomain'
s36FamedSwor dswereuniqueexist
ences,andthei
rownerswereal
lhist
orical
fi
gur
esi
nGod' sDomain.I
notherwords,i
twaspr eci
selybecauseofthepeopl
ewiel
dingthese
swor
dsthatt
heswordsbecameuniqueexi
stencesknownt hr
oughoutGod'
sDomain.

"Whatshoul
dwedonow,t hen?Ifshedies,wi l
litalt
erGod'sDomain'
shi st
ory?
"Solit
aryNi ne
askedanxi
ousl
y.Att
hispoint
,hesti
llcoul
dn'
tt el
lwhethertheyhadar
ri
vedint her
ealancientera
ofGod'sDomai
norjustarepli
ca.I
fitwasaf ake,thengood.Ifi
twasreal
,thentheresul
tswoul d
beverybad.

NosoonerhadSol
it
aryNi
nef
ini
shedspeaki
ngt
hant
hesy
stem'
scol
d,mechani
calv
oiceent
ered
ShiFeng'
sear
s.

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2769–I
nfer
iorMy
thi
cQuest

Sy
stem:War
ning!War
ning!

Sy
stem:Youhav
etr
igger
edanopt
ionalI
nfer
iorMy
thi
cWor
ldQuest
.

Questcont
ent
:Assi
stAngel
icaTer
esatobecomeMet eori
teCit
y'
sLor
d.Rewar
dsoneunknown
i
tem andGod'
sDomainWorl
dAuthori
ty+2.Penal
ti
esunknown.

Sy
stem:Youhav
e30secondst
oconsi
der
.Questwi
llbeaccept
edbydef
aul
tifnor
esponsei
s
made.

AnI
nfer
iorMy
thi
cQuest
?ShiFengcoul
dn'
thel
pdoubt
inghi
sear
swhenhehear
dthesy
stem.

Asf
arasheknew,Legendar
yMai
nSt
ory
li
neQuest
swer
eal
readyt
hemostchal
lengi
ngquest
s
play
erscoul
dpi ckup.Howev er,t
herewer equestsofahi ghergradet hanLegendar
yMai n
Stor
yli
neQuests—My t
hicQuest
s,whichhadalwaysbeenamy st
eryofGod'sDomain.Despit
ethe
rumorsofMythicQuests,
nobodyhadeverpersonal
lyver
if
iedt
heirexi
stence.

Yet
,hehadnowt
ri
gger
edanI
nfer
iorMy
thi
cQuest
.

DoIaccepti
t?ShiFenghesi
tat
ed.

Thiswasmostl ikelytheonl
yoppor
tuni
tyhewoul devergettochall
engesuchaquest.Aft
eral
l,
hehadnev erevenhear dofany
bodyrecei
vingaquestofthisrank.Hehadmostli
kelytri
gger
ed
suchaquestonl ybecausehehappenedtov i
sitGod'
sDomai n'
sancienter
aandcameacr ossa
keyhist
ori
calfi
gur e.

Moreover
,bythelooksofi
t,theotherpl
ayersar
oundhim hadnotr ecei
vedt
hisquest
.Thi
s
meanthehadsat
isfi
edsomeunknowncondit
ionst
otr
iggert
hisquest
.

Onl
y,thepenalt
yf orfail
ingaLegendar
yQuestwasal readymorethanenoughtoendaplayer
's
car
eerinGod'sDomai n.Thepenalt
yforfail
inganI nferi
orMythi
cQuestwoul dmostli
kel
ybe
sev
eralti
mesgr eater.Ifhefai
ledtocompletethequestaf t
eraccept
ingit
…Howev er
,whenhe
sawtherewardof" God'sDomain'
sWorldAuthori
ty+2,"greedmomentari
lyover
whel
medhim.

I
nt hepr esentGod'
sDomai n,ever
yoneelsewaspr obabl
yunawareofGod' sDomai
n'sWorl
d
Author
ity,asitwassi
mpl yf
artoodi
ffi
cul
ttoobtai
n.Normall
y,pl
ayer
shadt ohav
eachi
evement
s
thataf
fectedtheenti
ret
yofGod'sDomaintoacqui
rethi
sWor l
dAuthori
ty.

Player
swhosuccessf ul
lyobt
ainedWorl
dAuthor
it
y,eveni
fonlyonepoi ntofi
t,woul
dreceiv
e
unimaginabl
eassi
stanceintheirpr
ogr
essi
oninGod'sDomain.Justl
ikethenamesuggested,
gaini
ngWor ldAut
horitymeantonewouldbecomeanexi st
encewi t
hspecialri
ght
sinGod' s
Domain.

Thev ar
ioussuperpowerswerewi
ll
ingtogoal
l-
outandr i
skincurri
ngmassi velossesjustt
o
obtai
nthespecialri
ghtstheWarGod'
sTempl
eof f
ered.Af
teral
l,obtai
ningtheseright
smeant
one'sGuil
dcouldsur passot
herGuil
dsbyalargemar gi
nandsol idi
fyitspositi
oninGod's
Domain.

I
ndividualplayer
scoul dal
soobtai
nspecialr
ightsinGod'
sDomai
n—thi
swasWor l
dAuthor
ity
.
Obtaini
ng ev en one poi
ntofWor l
d Author
itywas equi
val
entt
o att
aini
ng God'
s Domai
n's
recognit
ion.PlayerswithWorl
dAut hor
it
ywoul dthengai
nanunimaginabl
eaffi
nit
ywiththe
world.

Onthesur
face,gai
ninganincr
easedaff
ini
tywit
hthewor
ldmightnotseem v
eryusef
ul.However
,
i
twouldprovideplayer
swi thaclear
erpercepti
onofthevariousmagicelementsandt hei
r
oper
ati
ngpri
ncipl
es.Thiswascruci
alf
orplay
ersaimi
ngtor
eachTi er6.

I
nthepast ,f
orthesakeofproduci
ngTi er6God-rankedplayer
s,thevar
iousSuperGui
ldswere
wil
li
ngt odoev eryt
hingtheycouldjusttohel pasel ectfew ofthei
rmember sgai
nWor ld
Author
it
y.Howev er
,eventheFiveGreatSuperGuildshadmanagedt ogatheronl
yahandfulof
WorldAuthor
itypoi
ntsaft
erst
ruggl
ingforfourorfi
veyears.

Never
thel
ess,i
twasal
soaf
actt
hatev
erypl
ayert
hatobt
ainedWor
ldAut
hor
it
ypoi
ntshad
r
eachedTier6.

Nowt hatShiFenghadtheoppor
tunit
ytoobtaint
woWor l
dAut hor
it
ypoint
sj ustbycompl
eti
ng
onequest,how couldhenotf eelgreedy?Ifhesucceeded,letaloneTier5,evengetti
ng
promotedtoTier6woul
dbecomeal oteasi
er.

"Commander
,areyoualr
ight
?"YanYaaskedworri
edl
ywhenshenoti
cedShiFeng'
sstr
ange
expr
essi
on."
DidyouconsumetoomuchConcent
rat
ionaf
terusi
ngt
hatcombatt
echni
quejust
now?"

Previousl
y,ShiFenghadexhaustedhi
msel
fduri
ngthefightwi
thTodel
ya.Alt
houghtheyhad
takenasmal lbreakaf
ter
ward,t
heamountofConcent
rat
ionhemanagedtorecoverwasmost
l
ikelyli
mited.
"
I'
mfi
ne,"ShiFengsaid,shaki
nghishead.Hethenlookedt
owardAngel
icaTer
esa,whocur
rent
ly
l
ayweaklyontheground,andgri
tt
edhisteet
h.ItseemsIhavenochoi
cebuttohel
pher.

Truthf
ull
y,hedidn'
twisht
ot akepartint hi
smat t
er.Afteral
l,theoldmanf r
om beforehad
emphasizedthati
fheover
didthingshere,theworldwouldquicklydi
scov
erhisexist
enceand
forci
blyr
etur
nhimtothemodernworld.I
fthathappened,
itwouldbeahugelossforhim.

Afteral
l,t
heenvi
ronmentherewastr
ulywonderf
ul.Moreov
er,God'
sDomai n'
sancienter
awas
farsuperi
ort
othemodernerainmanyaspect
s.Theavail
abl
eLegaci
esaside,j
ustthemateri
als,
weapons,andequipmentav
ail
abl
eherewerealr
eadyleapsandboundssuperiort
ot hemodern
God'sDomain.

Atthi
spoi nt
,hehadyettofindouthow hecoul dearnalar
geamountofr
esour
cesf
rom thi
s
anci
entera,sohenat
ural
lycouldn'
treckl
essl
ytakeacti
on.Thi
swasal
sowhyhehadchosento
chaseawayNemenCar l
oinst
eadofki l
li
ngtheGreatDemon.

Needlesstosay,heal
sowishedt oavoi
dsavingt
heNPCsoft
hiser
aifpossi
ble.Thi
swas
especial
lyt
ruef
orabi
gshotl
ikeAngel
icaTer
esa.

St
eadypr
ogr
essi
onwast
hewayt
ogoi
nGod'
sDomai
n.

However
,thequestr
ewardswer
efart
oogener
ous.Ev
eni
fitmeantt
aki
ngahuger
isk,ShiFeng
st
il
lpl
annedtogivei
tatr
y.

Afteral
l,
inhiscurr
entstate,
her eall
ywasn'tconf
identofgett
ingpromot
edtoTier5.I
fhemerely
reli
edonLegacyGui dances,constr
ucti
ngev enacompl et
elynewManaBodywoul dbetough,
let
aloneconst
ructi
ngaManaBodyt hatmatchedthephysiqueofTier5monst
ers.

Ult
imatel
y,ShiFengwal
kedupt
oAngel
icaTer
esa,hi
sact
ionscausi
ngt
heot
herpeopl
epr
esent
togrowaler
t.

Alt
houghShiFenghadr epel
ledtheDemonar
myf
ort
hem,hewasst
il
laf
orei
gnpower
house.
Theirwar
inessofhi
m wasonlynatur
al.

Afterall
,therewer emanyi nsidiouspeopleinGod' sDomainwhower ecapableofstabbing
othersinthebackwi thasmi l
ingf ace.Noonewoul dn'
tbecompl et
elysafefrom suchpeople,
regardl
essofone' sidenti
ty.Thebestexampl ewouldbet hei
rCommander .TheirCommander
possessedagr eatreputat
ionint heirci
ty.Mostoftheci
ty'
sbigshot
srespectedandfavor
edher ,
yetshestil
lendedupget ti
ngst abbedi ntheback.

Uponseei
ngShiFengwalkov
er,
YuLuogri
ttedherteethandaskedi
naqui ett
one,
"Gui
ldLeader
Bl
ackFlame,do youhav eawayto saveourCommander ?So long asy oucansavet he
Commander,
Iwil
lhelpy
ouwithwhat
every
ouwant !Evenifi
tmeanssacr
ifi
cingmysel
f!
"

I
nreal
it
y,YuLuodidnott
hinkShiFengwoul
dhaveawayt osaveCommanderAngeli
caTeresa.
Aft
eral
l,evenCool
ingCl
oud,whowasbot haski
ll
fulheal
erandAdvancedMasterAlchemist
,
washel
pless.

"
Iindeedhav eawayt osaveher.However
,Idon'
tneedy out
osacrif
iceyoursel
forany t
hingof
t
hesor t
."ShiFengsmil
edinvol
untar
il
ywhenhesawt heresol
uti
ononYuLuo' sface."Ijustneed
youtotellmeaboutthesit
uati
onhereonceaft
erwar
d."Eveni
fYuLuodi dn'
taskf orhishelp,he
wouldstillsaveAngel
icaTeresa.Aft
erall
,adeadper soncouldn'
tbecomet heov erlordof
Meteori
teCity.

"Youhav eawaytosavet
heCommander ,Gui
ldLeaderBlackFlame? "YuLuowasmoment ar
il
y
stunnedbyShiFeng'
srepl
y.However,shequickl
yrecoll
ectedherselfandsai
dexci
tedl
y,"No
problem.Sol
ongasiti
ssomet
hingIknow,Iwil
ldefi
nit
elytel
lyou.
"

Ontheot herhand, Cool

ingCloud,
whost oodataside,wasconfusedwhenshehear
dShiFeng's
confi
dentr eply.ShewasanAdv ancedMasterAlchemist,y
etev enshewashelplessabout
Angeli
ca'
ssi tuati
on.Shefounditt
rulyhardt
obeli
eveaf el
lowcountry
manofYuLuo'shadaway
tosavetheCommander .

Thi
swasn'
tbecause Cool
ing Cl
oud wasbel
it
tl
ing ShiFeng and Yu Luo butbecause t
he
knowledgeYuLuohadshownr egardingGod'
sDomai nwassimplytooinadequat
e.Evenher
usageofSkil
lsandSpell
swascr ude.Inaddi
ti
on,whilei
twasn'
tnecessar
yf oral
lheal
ersto
becomeaspecial
izedMasterAl
chemist,i
twassti
llcommonsenseforheal
erstoknowhowt o
craf
tsomepoti
ons.Yet
,YuLuodidnot.

Hence,Cooli
ng Cl
oud concl
uded thatYuLuo and ShiFeng camef
rom somebackwoods.
Other
wise,
theyshoul
dn'
tlacksuchcommonsense.

Howev er
,ShiFengdi
dnotrespondtoYuLuo' squest
ion.Hemer el
ytookoutat r
ansl
ucent
cry
stalfr
om hi
sbagandpassedittoher."
Havehereatthi
s.She'
l
lgradual
lyr
ecov
eronceshe
does,
"ShiFengsai
dwi
thoutf
urt
herexpl
anati
on.

Yu Luo was conf

used when she recei
ved t
he t
ransl
ucentcryst
alf
rom ShiFeng,not
under
standi
nghowsuchacryst
alcoul
dsaveCommanderAngeli
ca.

Howev
er,
whenCool
ingCl
oudsawt
hecr
yst
ali
nYuLuo'
shand,
shewasshocked.

"
ACr
yst
alofSoul
s?!Howi
sthi
spossi
ble?
!"

AtCool
ingCl
oud'
sexcl
amat
ion,t
heot
herheal
erspr
esentst
aredatShiFengasi
ftheywer
e
l
ooki
ngatamonst
er.

"
BigSi
sCl
oud,
ist
hisCr
yst
alofSoul
ssomet
hingamazi
ng?
"YuLuoasked,
bewi
lder
ed.

Realizi
ngt hatshehadl osthercomposur e,Cooli
ngCloudquicklycalmedher self,t
henexplai
ned,
"TheCr ystalofSoulsisn'tjustvaluable.Itisincomparabl
yr ar
eev enont hescal eoftheent i
r e
God'sDomai n.TheHolyCi t
y '
ssidecansecur eonl yafewofsuchcr yst
als,ast heyaresimplytoo
rare.Nor mally,suchcrystalsappeari npl aceswheresoul sgather,suchast heNether
wor ld.
Thesecr ystalscannotonl yhealone' sment alstat
ebutal sostrengthent hesoult oacer t
ai n
degree.Itisimpossibletopur chaseaCr yst
alofSoulsonthemar ket
,andi tismanyt i
mesmor e
valuabl
et hanev entheWat erofLife."

"
It
'ssucharar
eitem?
"YuLuowasstart
led.SheneverthoughtShiFengwoul
dactual
lyusesuch
apreci
ousi
tem t
osavesomeone.Wi
tht
his,shewouldowehi m amassiv
efav
or.

"
Alr
ight
,you'
dbestsaveherfi
rst,
"ShiFengsai
d.Whenhesaw t
heast
oni
shedl
ooksev
ery
one
wasgiv
inghi
m,heonlyshookhisheadandsmil
ed.

TheCrystalofSoul
swasi
ndeedpr
eci
ous.Undernormalci
rcumst
ances,
hewouldn'
tbewil
li
ngto
useit.Afteral
l,hehadt
or el
yonhimsel
ftohar v
estthenecessar
ymonstersoulst
ocr eat
e
Cry
stalsofSouls.

Howev er
,thecry
stalsweren'
tsopreci
ousthathecouldn'taff
ordtowast et
hem onothers.After
al
l,theSoulOrbwasoneoft heSevenTreasuresthatcouldeasi
lyproduceCryst
alsofSouls.He
merelyneededtoki l
lGreatLor
drankedmonst er
sf i
velevelshigherthanhi
mselftoobtainthe
necessar
ymonst ersoul
s.

AtShiFeng'sremi
nder
,YuLuoqui
ckl
ysnappedoutofherdazeandhel
pedAngel
icaconsume
theCr
ystalofSoul
s.

Short
ly af
terward,Angelica'
s complexi
on r
ecovered si
gni
fi
cant
ly.Although she had f
all
en
unconsci
ousaf terconsumingt heCryst
alofSouls,onecouldtel
lthatherconditi
onwasno
l
ongercrit
ical
.Now,al lt
heyneededt odowaswai t.Bythet
imeAngelicawokeuponherown,
shewouldbet horoughl
yrecovered.

Meanwhi
le,
aft
erseei
ngthatAngeli
cawassav
ed,Cool
ingCloud,
asacaptai
ninthekni
ghtl
egi
on,
t
ookthei
nit
iat
ivet
oinvi
teShiFeng'
spar
tytor
esti
nMet eor
iteCi
ty,
theMainCi
tytheyr
esi
dedi
n.

ShiFengdidnotr
efuset
hei
nvi
tat
ion,ashewascur
ioust
olear
nmor
eaboutGod'
sDomai
n'
s
anci
enter
a.

Thehumanarmywal kedf oroveradozenhour sbefor

eevent
uall
yarri
vingbef
oreastal
wart
mount
ainr
ange.A citythatwasmor espectaculart
haneventheroyalcapi
tal
sfoundinthe
moder
nGod'sDomainappear edi
nsi
detheval
leyofthi
smountai
nrange.
I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

www.
asi
anov
el.
com

Chapt
er2770–Ci
tyofRi
ches

Meteori
teCit
y :Met
eori
tewasn'tj
ustagatheri
ngplaceintheMeteor
it
eMountai
nRangefor
humanst ol
iveandconductt
radei
n.Itwasal
sothesafestl
ocat
ionf
orhumansi
ntheMet
eor
ite
Mountai
nRange.

Aft
ert
heknightlegi
onregi
ster
edthei
nfor
mat
ionofShiFeng'
spar
tywi
tht
heci
ty,
Cool
ingCl
oud
l
edthefi
vestr
aighti
ntothecit
y.

Meanwhil
e,asShiFengandhispart
ymember swer enon-r
esi
dent
sofMeteor
it
eCit
y,theyeach
hadtopayanentrancef
eeoffiveMagi
cCr yst
als.Letal
oneLi
fel
essThor
nandtheothers,ev
en
ShiFengwasst
unnedbyt hi
sfr
audul
entpr
ice.

Met
eor
it
eCi
ty'
sentr
ancefeewasmor et
hant
ent
imesgr
eat
ert
hant
hev
ari
ousGui
ldCi
ti
es'
,not
t
omenti
ont
hatofmodernNPCcit
ies.

Att
hispoi
nt,t
hemarketv
alueofMagicCr
ystal
shadal
readyr
isent
o40Si
lverpercr
yst
al.Fi
ve
Magi
cCryst
alswast
heequival
entoft
woGold.

Unlesst
heci
ty'
sManahadcondensedi
ntoal
iqui
dst
ate,
onl
yaf
oolwoul
dpaysuchanent
rance
fee.

However
,from thebehavioroftheNPCsandplay
ersher
e,itl
ookedasiftheyhadl ongsi
nce
got
tenusedtothissi
tuat
ion.EvenYuLuopai
dthef
iveMagi
cCryst
alswi
thouthesi
tat
ion.

"Guil
dLeaderBl ackFlame,thi
sisthestandar
dpri
ceher
e."Nat
urall
y,YuLuocoul
dtellwhatwas
goingthroughthemi ndsofShiFeng'spart
y.Smi
li
ng,
shewhispered,"
Butpl
easebel
ievemet hat
thi
spr i
ceisabsolutel
yreasonabl
e!"

I
nit
ial
ly
,she,
too,
hadbeenshockedbyt
hispr
ice.

Aft
erall
,shewasn'tt
heGuildLeaderofaGuil
d,unli
keShiFeng,butmerel
yat eam l
eaderinan
advent
urert
eam.TheMagi cCryst
alsshehadonhandhadonl ynumbered200orso.Payingfi
ve
MagicCryst
alsj
usttoent
eracityhadbeenanextr
avagantexpendi
tur
eforher
.

Howev er,afterent
eri
ng Meteori
te Ci
ty,she quickl
yreal
ized t
hatthi
s pri
ce was defi
nit
ely
reasonable.ComparedtotheNPCMai nCit
iesi
nt hemodernGod'sDomain,
Met eor
it
eCitycould
practi
cal
lybeconsideredaHolyCi
ty.

Ofcourse,ShiFengwoul
dn'
tdwellonthi
smat t
er.Aft
eral
l,f
iveMagi
cCr
yst
alswasbasi
cal
ly
not
hingtohim.Hewasmerel
ysurpri
sedbytheabsur
dentr
ancefee.

Af
ter
war
d,ShiFengpai
dtheent
rancefeeforhi
spart
yoffi
ve,thenfol
lowedCooli
ngCloudand
YuLuot
hrought
hemagicarr
aythatenvel
opedMet
eorit
eCi
ty.Thisi
saMai nCit
yoftheanci
ent
er
a?

WhenShiFengsetf
ooti
nMet
eor
it
eCi
ty,
acomf
ort
abl
efeel
ingi
mmedi
atel
yenv
elopedhi
sbody
.

Thiscomf ort
ablef eel
ingwasdi ff
erentfrom thekindofcomf or
thef eltwhenent er
ingapl ace
withhi
ghManadensi ty.Instead,enter
ingt hi
scityall
owedhi mt ohav eacl earerpercept i
onof
theworld.Parti
cularl
y,hisper cept
ionofthev ari
ousmagicel ementshadshar penedov ert wofold.
Whenhehadf irstarri
vedi ntheancientera,hehadal r
eadysensedasi gnif
icantimprov ementi n
hisaf
finit
ywi t
hmagi celement s.I
fhecoul dtrai
nintheenv i
ronmenther e,hewasconf identthat
notonlycouldhebr eakt hroughhisManaBody '
s100%t hreshol
d,buthi seffi
ciencyi nlearning
magicar ray
s,Ski l
ls,andSpel lswouldal sodoubleort ri
ple.Thiswasawondr ouspl acef or
devel
opment .
Nonethel
ess,t
heenv i
ronmenti
nsi
deMet
eor
it
eCi
tywasact
ual
lysi
gni
fi
cant
lybet
tert
hant
he
envi
ronmentoutsi
de.

Infact,ShiFengev enhadahuncht hati

fheusedaLegacyGui danceher e,hecouldexceedhis
ManaBody '
s100% l i
mi tinjustaf ew day s."Themagicar r
aypr otecti
ngt hecit
yispersonall
y
craft
edbyahumanSai nt.Notonlydoesi thav est
rongdefensi
v epr operti
es,buti
tevenimproves
theManaPer cept
ionoft hecit
y'sinhabit
ant s.However
,operatingt hismagicar r
ayrequir
esalot
ofMagi cCr ystal
s,hencet heentrancefee,"YuLuoexplained."Actual l
y,Meteori
teCit
y'sbigt
rade
marketandhugepopul ationfl
owhav eal
readyhel pedr
educet heent r
ancefee.Someci t
ieseven
chargesev enorei ghtMagi cCrystal
s."

"
Nowondery oumanagedt oimprov
eyourcont
rolov
erManasomuch,
"ShiFengsai
din
r
eal
izat
ionashel
ookedatYuLuo.

YuLuohadal r
eadyunlockedherManaBody'spot
enti
alto100%,andhercontroloverManahad
evenreachedtheMasterMagici
anstandar
d.IfherConcent
rat
ionstandar
dr eachedTier4,she
wouldbeabletofor
m herownManaDomai nandbecomet op-
ti
eramongTi er3peakexperts.

MostDomainReal
m expert
shadn'tev
enreachedt heMasterMagici
anstandardatthi
sst
ageof
thegame.Andalt
houghYuLuowasv er
yt al
ented,shewasstil
lfarfrom comparabl
etoAqua
RoseandGentl
eSnow.Yet ,evenwithhishelp,t hosetwowerest i
llhal
fast epawayfr
om
becomi
ngMasterMagici
ans,sohowcoul
dYuLuopossi bl
yover
takethem?

Theonl
yexpl
anat
ionwast
heenv
ironmenther
e.

"
Mhm.I
'
vei
mpr
ovedal
otaf
terar
ri
vingher
e,"YuLuosai
dasshenoddedconf
ident
ly.

"That
'sr
ight
.YuLuohasbeeni mprovi
ngrapidlyduri
ngthi
speri
od.Now,shecanal readyrank
amongtheknightlegi
on'
stopfiv
ehealers,
"Cool i
ngCloudsai
d,nodding.Alt
houghshedi dn'
t
haveahighopi
nionofYuLuo'
sini
ti
alst
rengt
h, shever
ymuchacknowledgedtheCler
ic'
stalent
.

"Actual
ly,i
tisallthankst oLadyAngel
ica'
steachi
ngs,
"YuLuosai d.Atthementi
onofAngel i
ca
Teresa,anexpressionofgr at
it
udeandadmirat
ionappear
edonherf ace."
It
'sapi
tythatwefail
ed
tocompl et
et hequestt hi
stime.Hadwesucceeded,LadyAngeli
cami ght
'v
ebecomet heLordof
Meteorit
eCi ty.Iftheci t
ycomesunderLadyAngel i
ca'
sleader
ship,thecit
ywillprosperand
possibl
yev enrankupi ntoanAdvancedMainCity.
"

"
Becomet
heLor
d?Whatki
ndofquesti
sshet
ryi
ngt
odo?
"ShiFengaskedcur
iousl
y.

Hi
sInfer
iorMythi
cQuesthadst
atedt
hatheneededtohel
pAngeli
caTer
esabecomeMet eor
it
e
Ci
ty'
sLord.Nowthatacl
ueonhowhecoulddosohadappear
ed,
henatur
all
ywascur
ious.

"I
t'
snot hi
ng.Everyonei nthecityalr
eadyknowsaboutitatthi
spoint.
"SinceShiFengexpressed
i
nter estinthistopic,Cool ingCloudexplainedsl
owl
y,"Meteor
it
eCi tyhasbeendev el
opingf or
hundr edsofy earsalr eady,anditspopulati
onandscal
eofoper at
ionhav egr
ownsi gni
fi
cant ly
.
Howev er,atthi
spoi nt,thecityhasr eachedabottl
eneck.Theol dCityLordalsoabdi cated
recent l
y.Asoneoft hecandi dat
estoreplacetheLor
d,LadyAngelicaTeresawishestoimpr ove
Met eoriteCi
ty.

"Meanwhil
e,therear etwoway stohelpMeteori
teCit
ydev elopf urt
her.Thefi
rstistoexpandthe
cit
y.However,theci t
y'
smagi carraywaspersonal
lyestablishedbyt heSaint
,andnobodyi nthe
cit
yiscapableofmodi fyingi
t.Theonlywaytomodi f
ythemagi carr
ayistogot otheHol yCi
ty
andmeetwi tht heSai nt.Thechancesofsuccessaredi smal .Setti
ngasidehow f arawaythe
HolyCi
tyis,j
ustt r
yingt omeetwiththeSai
ntisal
readyani ncredibl
ydiffi
cul
ttask.

"Hence,LadyAngel i
cacanonl yr esortt
ot hesecondmet hod-st
rengtheningt hemagi car
ray'
s
core,whichwould,int ur
n,upgr adet hemagicar r
ay .Recentl
y,wer eceivednewst hataTier4
InfantDragonappearedov erattheGhost fi
reHill
s.Ifwecanhuntt hisI
nfantDr agonandsecure
i
t sDragonEyesandDr agonCr ystal,wecanstrengthenthemagi carray'
scor e.Only
…"

Att
hispoi
nt,
Cool
ingCl
oudsi
ghed.

Letal
onehunt
ingt
hatTi
er4I
nfantDr
agon,t
heyhadal
readyf
all
enpr
eyt
oaDemonar
my'
s
ambushshort
lyaf
terl
eav
ingMet
eor
it
eCi
ty.Whatf
oll
owednextwaswhatShiFenghi
msel
fhad
wit
nessed.

Trav
eltotheHol
yCitytomeetwitht
heSaintorki
llaTi
er4I
nfantDr
agon?ShiFengshookhi
s
headandsmil
edbit
ter
lyatCool
ingCl
oud'
swords.

Alt
houghhedidn'tknowwheret
heHolyCi
tywas,sincetheNPCcit
iesher
ehadnotel
epor
tat
ion
arr
aysli
nki
ngt hem,t hej
our
neytotheHolyCitycouldeasi
lyt
akesever
almont
hs.Moreover
,
evenaft
erar
ri
v i
ngatt heHol
yCit
y,i
twoul
dn'tnecessar
il
ybepossi
blet
omeetwit
htherumored
Saint
.

Asf
ort
heot
heropt
ionofki
ll
ingaTi
er4I
nfantDr
agon,
thatwasev
enmor
eludi
crous.

ATier4Inf
antDr
agonwasanexi st
enceabov
eev
enDemonPr
inces.I
twasanexi
stencet
hat
coul
dtr
ulymat
chTier5exi
stences.

WhenShiFengwasi nhisTi
er4LegacyLand,ev enaf terr
eachingTier4andgai ni
ngaTier4
LegacySki
ll
,hecouldonlyputupafightagai
nsttheTi er3InfantDragonsthere.Ev
enwi
ththe
Heavenl
yDragonBreath'
shel
p,hest
il
lcouldn'
tki
llthoseTier3InfantDragons.

Now,Angel
icaTer
esaactual
lyhaddesignsonaTier4Inf
antDr
agondespi
tebei
ngonl
yatTi
er4
her
sel
f.Cal
li
ngheract
ionssuici
dalwouldbeanunder
stat
ement.

Moreov
er,ki
ll
ingtheInfantDragonpr obabl
yhadt obedoneassoonaspossi bl
e.Afteral
l,
Dr
agonsdidnothavethehabitofl
ivi
ngi nafixedl
ocat
ionl
ong-
term.I
fhecoul
dn'
thelpAngeli
ca
ki
llt
heInf
antDragonbef
oreitwentelsewhere,hewoul
dhavetolookf
ort
heelusi
veSaint
.

Sur
eenough,
thi
sisn'
taquestt
hatcanbecompl
etedeasi
ly
.

Howev er
,ShiFengdidnotfeelparti
cul
arl
ysurpr
isedbythissit
uat
ion.ALegendar
yQuestwas
al
readymonument all
ydif
fi
cul
tt ocomplet
e;anInfer
iorMythi
cQuestwouldonlybeworse.He
al
sohadt oadmitthatAngel
icaTeresamatchedthelegends,whi
chport
rayedherasabrave
warri
orwhostoodupagainstDragons.

I
fAngel
icasucceededinsl
ayi
ngaTi
er4I
nfantDr
agondespi
tebei
ngatTi
er4her
sel
f,t
hatwoul
d
t
rul
ybealegendaryfeat
.

Theonlythi
ngShiFengcoulddonow waslookf
oroppor t
uni
ti
est
oi mprovebothhi
sandhi
s
par
ty'
sstr
ength.Ot
her
wise,
hewoul
dbeut t
erl
yhel
plessagai
nstt
heI
nfantDragon.

UnderCool
ingCl
oudandYuLuo'
slead,
ShiFeng'
spar
tyar
ri
vedatMet
eor
it
eCi
ty'
str
ademar
ket
.

WhenLi f
elessThor
nandt heot
herssawthedazzli
ngi
temsputupforsal
e,t
heireyeswi
denedin
shock.Thebasiccurr
encyusedinthemarkether
ewasactual
lyt
heMagicCrystal
.Coi
nsdidnot
exi
sthere.

However,
theyal
sohadtoacknowledgethatt
heancienter
aofGod'
sDomainwastr
ulyamazing.
TheNPCsher eevensol
dEpi cWeaponsandEquipmentplay
erscoul
duse.Onl
y,t
hepricewas
somewhathigh;evenar andom pi
eceofLev el150EpicEquipmentsol
dfor20,000Magi c
Cry
stal
s.

Ifconvertedt otheGoldCoi nsusedi nthemoder nera, thatwoul

dbeequi val
entto8,
000Goldper
pieceofLev el150EpicEqui pment .WhilethevariousSuperGui ldswouldkillt
opurchaseLevel
150Epi cEqui pmentf or8,000Gol d,itwasadi fferentst or
yifthepay menthadtobei nMagi c
Crystal
s.I n addi t
ion to Epic Equipment,Fragment ed Legendary Weapons and Equi
pment
occasionall
yappear edinMet eori
teCi t
y'sAucti
onHouse,whi chthev ari
ousplayerfor
cesi n
Met eori
teCi tycompet edfor.Only,oneneededami nimum depositof300,000Magi cCryst
als
j
ustt opar t
icipateintheauct i
on.Meanwhi l
e,t
heseFr agmentedLegendaryitemsusuall
yended
upsel l
ingforov er400,000Magi cCr yst
als.

WhetheritwasLifel
essThornorShiFeng,t heycouldn'
thelpfeel
ingl
iket
heyhadbecome
beggarsaf
terent
eri
ngMeteor
iteCity.Al
thoughShiFengcarr
iedsomeMagicCry
stal
swithhi
m,
thatnumberwasonly50,
000,justenoughtopurchasetwopiecesofEpi
cEqui
pment,atmost,
here.
Ofcour se,
itwasalsomucheasiert
oearnMagi cCryst
alsher
et haninthemoder nGod'sDomai n
sincetheMagi cCryst
alwasthemaincurrencyusedintheancientera.Whetheronecompl eted
questsort radedmateri
alswit
hNPCs,pay mentwasi nMagi cCrystals.Hence,l
ocalplayers
foundthepr i
cesoftheEpi
candFragmentedLegendaryit
emsr easonable.

Afterwalki
ngaroundforsever
alhours,Cool
ingCloudbidgoodbyetoShiFeng'
spar
tysi
nceshe
sti
llhadmat t
erstodealwit
hasacapt aini
nthelocalkni
ghtlegi
on.AsforYuLuo,shest
ayed
behindtoserveasatourgui
def orShiFeng'
spar
ty.

I
nsi
deahi
gh-
classhot
eli
nMet
eor
it
eCi
ty…

Stayi
nginoneoft
heordi
naryroomsherecost50Magi
cCryst
alsaday,whi
lethehi
gh-end
roomscost200Magi
cCr yst
alsperday
.ShiFengchoset
or entahigh-
endroom wit
hout
hesi
tati
on.

Shor
tl
yaf
ter
war
d,ShiFeng'
spar
tyoff
iveandYuLuosatqui
etl
yinsi
det
her
oom.

"Outwi
thit
.Howlonghasi
tbeensinceyouarr
ivedher
e?"ShiFengaskedser
iousl
yashel
ooked
atYuLuo."
What'
supwitht
heplay
er sher
e?"

I
fyoufi
ndanyerr
ors(brokenl
inks,non-
standar
dcont
ent
,et
c..)
,Pl
easel
etusknowsowecan
f
ixi
tassoonaspossi
ble.

Ti
p:Youcanusel
eft
,ri
ght
,AandDkey
boar
dkey
stobr
owsebet
weenchapt
ers.

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